Lead Chaplain

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a person-centred Chaplain to lead and develop a small, dedicated team in LYPFT.

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, caring, committed and compassionate team player with demonstratable mental health experience and a proven commitment to collaborative multifaith working across healthcare settings.

We aspire to having a chaplaincy team that is representative of the community we serve and one that has a visible presence on our child and adult inpatient wards irrespective of their religion or belief. As Lead Chaplain, you will need to be able to work independently and pro-actively to deliver spiritual and pastoral care to patients, relatives, staff and learners in situations in which people suffer from challenging mental and emotional distress across the services of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will develop therapeutic working relationships with multidisciplinary teams and faith and belief leaders in the community. You will be supportive of chaplaincy volunteers who have a desire to provide high quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, visitors and staff.

As lead chaplain you will be responsible for the provision of mentoring, support and supervision to the team as well as working with the team to deliver the Chaplaincy service work plan to help improve the lives of staff, patients and families in contact with the organisation.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net .

Date posted

11 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-26423-COR

Job locations

St Marys House

Leeds

LS7 3EX

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be of good standing within your faith or belief group and have degree level ordination training (or faith/belief community equivalent in spiritual healthcare), and preferably a Masters in the relevant field.

If you would like to know more about the service we provide or about the post please contact:

Head of Nursing and Patient Experience: Linda Rose (lrose1@nhs.net)

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to know more about the service we provide or about the post please contact:

Head of Nursing and Patient Experience: Linda Rose (lrose1@nhs.net)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level Ordination or faith community equivalent
To be authorised a relevant major faith organisation
To have been recognised by that faith community as a religious leader for a minimum of two years (post ordination or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

To have highly developed specialist knowledge of spiritual care issues
To have specialist knowledge of own faith tradition and working knowledge of several others
An appreciation of meeting spiritual needs in the hospital environment

Experience

Essential

To have proven experience of counselling and pastoral techniques and an understanding of spiritual direction
To have some pastoral, spiritual and religious experience in complex and emotionally distressing situations
To have experience of working in a Health Care environment

Desirable

Evidence of mental health training is desirable

Skills

Essential

To have good IT skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level Ordination or faith community equivalent
To be authorised a relevant major faith organisation
To have been recognised by that faith community as a religious leader for a minimum of two years (post ordination or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

To have highly developed specialist knowledge of spiritual care issues
To have specialist knowledge of own faith tradition and working knowledge of several others
An appreciation of meeting spiritual needs in the hospital environment

Experience

Essential

To have proven experience of counselling and pastoral techniques and an understanding of spiritual direction
To have some pastoral, spiritual and religious experience in complex and emotionally distressing situations
To have experience of working in a Health Care environment

Desirable

Evidence of mental health training is desirable

Skills

Essential

To have good IT skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.