Band 7 Lead Chaplain-Bath
| Posting date: | 13 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bath, BA1 3QE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-0772 |
Summary
The Chaplain shall: visit service users and/or their carers in the community to provide religious, spiritual and/or pastoral care and counselling (these service users and/or carers will be those people who are referred to the Chaplain) make notes on each appointment with a service user except where the matter discussed is of a confidential nature e.g. a confessional situation; these notes to be entered onto RIO as appropriate. be a part of the multi-disciplinary team involved with each of these service users and to attend all Care Plan Approach meetings wherever possible, which will necessarily include participating in the assessment, planning and evaluation of service users, and taking an active part in making sure that their spiritual needs are an integrated part of the Care Plan liaise closely with the service user's key worker whenever the key worker or the Chaplain feel this to be appropriate providereligious, spiritual and/or pastoral care and counselling to staff working in the community as requested, and be available to discuss personal/spiritual matters on a confidential basis work closely with voluntary bodies and charitable organisations, such as housing providers and faith communities, in the support of service users enable service users to make links with their local faith communities, which will include going with service users to worship of their choice