Healthcare Chaplain - The Kingfisher, Blackberry Hill, Bristol

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality spiritual and pastoral care within a dynamic mental health, learning disability, and autism setting? We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Chaplain to join our team at The Kingfisher. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide meaningful support to patients, carers, and staff in an environment where care and understanding are at the heart of what we do.

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in offering pastoral, spiritual, ethical, and religious support. You will work across inpatient units and the wider community, ensuring that holistic, person-centred care is accessible to all. Representing a faith group, denomination, or philosophical tradition, you will provide compassionate support to individuals of all faiths and none, while also responding to specific religious or spiritual needs as they arise.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a new specialist service that aims to set the standard for excellence in acute inpatient mental health care for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. By joining Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP), you will become part of a forward-thinking team committed to designing and delivering a care model that supports people to achieve meaningful recovery and live their best lives.

As a Healthcare Chaplain, you will:

1. Provide spiritual and pastoral care tailored to the needs of service users, staff, and carers within an acute mental health and learning disability setting.
2. Work within an inpatient unit and community environments, including service user’s homes ensuring accessible and inclusive care.
3. Collaborate with the Trust's multi-faith and belief chaplaincy team to deliver holistic support.
4. Demonstrate sensitivity and respect for individuals from diverse faiths, beliefs, and cultural traditions.

If you would like further information, we would be very pleased to have a conversation with you in person or virtually, prior to you submitting your application. Please contact: gareth.lovell@nhs.net