Spiritual and Pastoral Care Manager - Lead Chaplain

Job responsibilities

1. Job Purpose

To ensure that the Department of Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services contribute effectively to the provision of a high quality health service to the population served by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust.

To lead the development of the Department of Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services Improvement Proposals, and implementation of relevant areas of the Divisions agreed annual Business Plan, contributing to improved delivery of patient care.

To manage the Department of Spiritual and Pastoral Care, establishing teamwork between the hospital Chaplains and other Trust Departments.

To facilitate and enable patients to be ministered to by members of their own faith community where appropriate.

To ensure that Departmental Control Budgets are managed in accordance with the principles of Management Budgeting and Establishment Control.

To provide effective management of the Departments human resources.

To act as a key member of the Divisional Management Team.

To be the principle point of reference on spiritual, religious and multi-faith matters within the Trust and to contribute to discussion, advice and offer training on ethical matters.

Adhere to and ensure Trust Policies and Procedures are implemented within the Department

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Anglican or Roman Catholic ordained Priest, eligible to be licensed by the Bishop. OR Free Church (affiliated to Free Church Federal Council) ordained or otherwise suitably accredited Minister, eligible for authorisation by appropriate Church authority.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to respond professionally, flexibly and sensitively in a wide range of expected and unexpected pastoral situations.
• Chaplaincy Standards.

Desirable

• Training in management and leadership.
• Knowledge of information governance
• Knowledge of risk management.

Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional

Essential

• General education to degree level or equivalent professional qualification
• Committed to continued professional development.

Desirable

• Masters degree in healthcare Chaplaincy or related subject.
• Management and leadership qualification.

Further Training

Essential

• Counselling skills
• Bereavement processes and procedures.
• Computer literate

Desirable

• Healthcare Ethics
• Familiar with changes and recent developments in healthcare provision in the NHS.
• Management of a budget.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in Chaplaincy.
• Substantial pastoral experience in local faith community setting.
• Experience of leadership.
• Experience of working in an ecumenical and multi-faith team.
• Ability to manage and supervise others.
• Able to conduct services of worship in a wider variety of settings, sometimes in distressing and demanding circumstances.

Desirable

• Experience of working in healthcare Chaplaincy.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Availability for 24 hour on-call service and ? there is a maximum travel time of 45 minutes home to base and base to home.
• Ability to travel between Trust sites
• Adhere to Trust Policies and procedures.
• Adhere to the Trust Values.

Desirable

• Holds full driving licence.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).