Healthcare Chaplain | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Cwmni: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7494758/164-7494758 |
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Nottingham University HospitalsNHS Trust
Healthcare Chaplain (Band 6)
Do you want to join a team of spiritual care practitioners who are compassionate, mutually supportive, ambitious, and committed to developing best practice and delivering effective, supportive care for the healthcare community of Nottingham University Hospitals?
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Chaplain who wants to broaden the horizons of their experience in delivering effective spiritual, pastoral, and faith-based care in a large, acute hospital setting.
This role requires an experienced and proficient spiritual care practitioner with a person-centred approach who employs active listening together with a high-level of interpersonal skills in support of patients, visitors to the hospitals and staff colleagues.
Applicants will be Accredited or Licensed with authority to practice as a religion or belief leader/representative and/or pastoral worker in line with NHS chaplaincy Guidelines for NHS managers on pastoral, spiritual and religious care.
If you answer yes to the above questions, please read on and consider joining the Healthcare Chaplaincy Team at Nottingham University Hospitals.
Chaplains share in the provision of 24-hour on-call cover; assessing and providing pastoral, spiritual, and religious care at the point of need; scheduled interactions, crisis situations, and responding to emergency calls are part of this role. It also includes delivering training, supervising volunteers, supporting the professional development of Healthcare Chaplaincy at NUH and working collaboratively with the wider team of healthcare professionals.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribute to the safe and effective working of the Spiritual and Pastoral Care team:
Ensure effective communication and collaboration with all members of the Spiritual and Pastoral Care team
Adhere to all Trust and local policies and procedures
Participate in the daytime duty rota
Receive and respond to referrals from members of the healthcare team
Participate in the provision of 24-hour out-of-hours on-call cover within the required response time. This includes responsibility for actioning the initial phase of the NUH Major Incident Plan into action for Spiritual and Pastoral Care as necessary
Assist with Spiritual and Pastoral Care service developments, including Major Incident planning and implementation
Contribute to audit, research and professional development within Chaplaincy practice.
Provide skilled and effective spiritual care:
Provide specialist knowledge, skills and competency in relation to their own faith tradition allied with a broad knowledge of spiritual, cultural and ethical issues relating to healthcare.
Assess spiritual health and wellbeing needs, co-produce spiritual care plans and maintain a timely, factual and accurate electronic record of care provided for effective continuity of care
Manage referrals and determine a timely response
Provide spiritual and pastoral care in line with cultural, faith and belief realities of the individual in your care
Work collaboratively alongside other multi-disciplinary professionals in support of patient wellbeing needs
Advocate on behalf of individuals as appropriate and requested.
Provide or facilitate religious care:
Deliver ritual or sacrament in line with one’s own religious faith or belief tradition
Perform ritual or sacramental interventions responsive to the needs of users and consistent with the authorisation and practice of one’s own faith or belief community
Conduct funeral ministry
Establish effective links with faith/belief leaders in the community for continuity of care as consented
Provide effective care and support for staff:
Model working relationships and professional practice that respects the integrity of others
Assess and respond to individual staff pastoral and spiritual needs as required
Facilitate staff debrief following a difficult incident or experience in the ward or setting as required
Respect confidence in responding to requests for personal support from members of staff
Maintain awareness of organisational issues, changes and conditions that may affect staff wellbeing
Collaborate with other departments in supporting and promoting staff wellbeing.
Providing training and education:
Contribute to the selection, training and supervision of volunteers
Support the learning and professional development of trainee chaplains
Contribute to Trust and/or Departmental Induction Programme for new staff
Present education and training sessions promoting effective spiritual care practices organisationally.
Contribute to the professional development of Spiritual and Pastoral Care:
Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the theory and practice of Spiritual and Pastoral Care
Maintain an awareness of contemporary research relevant to Spiritual Care practice
Maintain an up-to-date awareness of professional development promoted through the UKBHC
Assist with audits, service reviews and research as directed by the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Manager.
Personal and Professional Development:
Identify and respond to the learning and professional development needs of self
Participate in the Professional Development Review Process (Appraisal)
Maintain an up-to-date portfolio of professional development
Practice in accordance with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy Code of Conduct, Spiritual & Religious Care Capabilities & Competences for Healthcare Chaplains, and Standards for NHS Healthcare Chaplaincy Services
Participate in reflective practice and contribute to collaborative learning
Maintain a personal discipline within the integrity of the post holder’s own faith or belief tradition.
Contribute to the effective working of the Trust:
Adhere to Trust policies and procedures
Embody Trust values
Maintain compliance with Trust mandatory training requirements
Represent Spiritual and Pastoral Care in healthcare teams (eg. MDTs) in the Trust
Represent Spiritual and Pastoral Care at relevant functions and events
Participate in reflective practice and contribute to collaborative learning
Create and lead collective and corporate acts of reflection and remembering for staff members and acts of local and national significance
Financial Responsibilities
Responsible for handling and securely storing monetary collections taken at a service as necessary
Responsible for handling and securely storing donations given during contact with service users.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Oct 2025