Site Lead Chaplain

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (part of NHS Humber Health Partnership) has a whole time vacancy at B7 for a Site Lead Chaplain within the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team. Initially, you will be based in Hull (North Bank) but you should anticipate taking up lead responsibility for Pastoral and Spiritual Care on the South Bank. This is a Group appointment, and you will be expected to spend some time working on both North and South Bank, as required. The Team also regularly work in a number of community settings and you will be expected to play a full part in this activity.

As a Site Lead Chaplain, you will:

• Have demonstrable specialist knowledge in a particular aspect of health care.
• Be responsible for managing all on-site activity of the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Department, day-to-day.
• Play a key role in developing/implementing Policy for Pastoral and Spiritual Care across the Group.
• Provide assurance to the Group Head of Chaplaincy that the day-to-day activity is consistent with Legislation, UKBHC Standards, and local policy.
• Demonstrate the ability to articulate appropriate application of UKBHC Standards, Codes of Practice and any NHS Chaplaincy Guidelines.

You will already have significant experience of Healthcare Chaplaincy but if you are looking to expand your responsibilities this post may be the next step in your career development and we would like to hear from you.

• Day-to-day management of a team of Chaplains, Bank Chaplains and Volunteers.
• Ensuring a 24 hour 365 day on call Rota is maintained for the site, participating fully in the rota.
• Managing all aspects of the day-to-day engagement with patients, carers, families and staff, for the site, as a Chaplaincy practitioner.
• Design and deliver appropriate training and education.
• Responsible for operating Trust and departmental systems/processes to ensure the effective and efficient day-to-day delivery of all Chaplaincy activity on-site, and in associated community engagement.
• Provide assurance to the Head of Chaplaincy for the day-to-day on-site activity of the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team.
• Deputising for the Head of Chaplaincy from time to time, as required.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

The detailed Job Description and person specification are included separately in the documents section.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

• Educated to degree level in theology or other area related to healthcare.

• Masters in Healthcare Chaplaincy (or evidence of working towards)
• Teaching, training or counselling qualification
• UKBHC Registered Chaplain

• Recent experience in full-time healthcare Chaplaincy
• Experience of supporting individuals through difficult or distressing circumstances
• Experience of working with multi-faith or belief groups and ecumenical teams
• Evidence of specialist Chaplaincy experience

• Experience in leading and motivating people
• Evidence of ability to create and deliver training programmes

• Specialist knowledge relating to provision of pastoral, spiritual and religious (or non-religious) care
• Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and services

• Knowledge of the principles and dynamics of Values Based Reflective Practice

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2JZ

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