Specialist Oncology and Palliative Care Chaplain/Pastoral Carer
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
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Job summary
We have unique opportunity for Specialist Oncology and Palliative Care Chaplain/Pastoral Carer. This exciting and rare role will enable an experienced healthcare chaplain/pastoral carer to shape and develop a leading-edge pastoral, spiritual, and religious care offer to outpatients and inpatients at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT). You will be supported by a supportive resource group and the wider chaplaincy and pastoral care team and working in a major teaching acute Trust.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals are one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in Europe and we provide healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire, and the Humber and beyond.
We play an important role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students, and are a centre of world-class research and pioneering new treatments. Leeds Teaching Hospitals has a budget of £1.4 billion and employs around 20,000 people.
Our care and clinical expertise is delivered from seven hospitals on five sites, and they are all joined by our vision to be the best for specialist and integrated care. This includes St James's University Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Dental Institute, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Seacroft Hospital and Wharfedale Hospital.
Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to, and this has become known as The Leeds Way.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a passionate and dynamic chaplain or pastoral carer for this role withing the chaplaincy team; a team providing pastoral, spiritual, and religious care, as appropriate, to patients, staff, and carers from religious and non-religious beliefs.
The post holder will be tasked to coordinate and deliver care for outpatients and inpatients; with approximately 60% of time focused on outpatients which could include telehealth and other technology to connect with individuals under our care but living a distance from the hospitals. They will be supported in doing this by a resource group and the wider chaplaincy Team.
In collaboration with other clinicians, especially in the oncology Clinical service unit (CSU), and the Adult Therapies CSU of which chaplaincy is a part you will contribute the delivery of excellent care, service development and help the Trust reach it strategic goals.
You will be an ambassador for pastoral, spiritual, and religious care as part of holistic healthcare; developing a culture so that patient care is central to every decision. You will have the potential to contribute to research and innovation, alongside service improvement.
We are a friendly, welcoming organisation, CSU, and department and we are committed to working lives that support your overall wellbeing. In line with this commitment, flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.
About us
The Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care department
Our department delivers care to adults and children, along with care for staff colleagues. We are a diverse team in every sense, including in terms of religious and non-religious beliefs. We are united by the belied that everyone is special and unique; and patient and staff need are central to our values as we strive to deliver holistic care.
We deliver 24-hour care in emergency through 3 on call rotas. We strive in all we do to deliver excellent care that is guided by the individual. We are deepening our relationships across integrated care board boundaries to ensure we support patients seamlessly.
Post covid and in the light of new guidance for chaplaincy we are renewing our strategy and goals, along with exploring new ways of working
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Date posted
05 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
2 years
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9298-ATH-242
Job locations
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)









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