Hospital Chaplain- Christian | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 plus enhancement for on-calls |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Calderdale, HX3 0PW |
| Cwmni: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7417876/372-CORP1961 |
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To be a member of the multi-faith hospital chaplaincy team offering pastoral, spiritual and religious care to all patients, visitors and staff.
To provide specialist and pastoral, spiritual and religious advice and care for Christian patients, families and staff.
Maintain, participate in and develop pastoral, spiritual and religious care in the Trust through providing support, training and facilitation of reflective practice, including ethical considerations for all staff under the guidance of the Lead Chaplain.
To assist with the supervision and direction of chaplaincy support for all, including recruitment, training, and support of chaplaincy volunteers.
The postholder will-
· Provide specialist pastoral, spiritual and religious advice and care for patients, families and staff within Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
· HaveA professional chaplaincy identity rooted in one’s own religious /spiritual/pastoral heritage that integrates professional values and behaviours, skills and specialist knowledge.
· Be a skilled communicator and to be able to establish and maintain relationships, often in challenging and sensitive situations.
· Be able to negotiate and work within highly complex and sensitive situations and to provide or advise on the spiritual care that is required.
· Be able to make specialised independent judgements regarding spiritual care, dependent upon the situation.
· Have a commitment to one's own professional and spiritual growth and development.
· Provide pastoral advice and support to staff of all disciplines and grades, both in professional and personal matters, and to participate in initiatives to promote good quality spiritual and religious care.
· Develop and maintain skills and knowledge necessary to provide person-centred, evidence-based chaplaincy care to both healthcare staff as well as patients and their families
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Conducting religious services
· To ensure Trust is aware of relevant religious festivals and events and co-ordinate and/or establish support for any special events under the guidance of the Lead Chaplain.
· To arrange and conduct services of public worship and facilitate gatherings for meditation, prayer or reflection in the Trust’s hospitals.
· Ensure that the Chapel and Prayer Rooms in the Trust's Hospitals are suitably maintained and furnished.
· Arrange and conduct Contract Funerals (miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal deaths and adults) as required.
· Provide or enable appropriate rites and rituals, particularly with regard to death and the dying, the seriously ill and birth rites, as required and as consistent with the post holder’s authorised scope of practice.
Teaching
· Participate in the training of students/staff/volunteers.
· Recruit, train and prepare chaplaincy volunteers for their role, including that of End-of-Life Companions.
· Undertake own relevant statutory and mandatory training using the Trust’s e-learning package.
· Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and clinical excellence in chaplaincy.
· To produce written material and provide publicity for the Chaplaincy and Trust as required.
· To participate in disseminating information concerning healthcare to local Christian communities, where religious and cultural considerations are involved, promoting inclusion and reducing health inequalities.
Working as a chaplain and member of the Multi-disciplinary team
· To participate in the ‘on call’ duty rota, which provides generic out of hours cover for weekends and public holidays, responding to urgent requests for pastoral, spiritual and religious care for patients of all faiths, traditions and none.
· To support the Lead Chaplain in the day to day running of the Chaplaincy and to deputise in their absence if required.
· To have knowledge of the major faith traditions and be able to respond appropriately in identifying support for patients, families and staff as required.
· To share in the development and provision of a sustainable chaplaincy service in all areas of the Trust, contributing to the Trust’s strategic direction and values taking on responsibilities as agreed with the Lead Chaplain.
· To attend and participate in the monthly chaplaincy team meeting and other meetings as required.
· To be able to plan and prioritise own workload in response to patient, staff and visitor needs.
· To respond to Major Incidents on behalf of the Chaplaincy Team, as required under the guidance of the Lead Chaplain.
· To keep adequate Electronic Patient Records maintaining confidentiality. To contribute to audit and research within spiritual care practice.
· To contribute to the implementation of the Chaplaincy Team’s aims and objectives.
· Support the Lead Chaplain an inclusive approach to developing and delivering chaplaincy services
• Liaise with other healthcare staff so that spiritual assessment and care form part of the continuum of care and attend multi-disciplinary meetings and department meetings as and when attendance is considered necessary
This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025