Chaplain

Job summary

You will be looking to join a dynamic and exciting workplace to provide spiritual care to staff and service users within SHFT. Whilst based at Lymington Hospital you will be supporting the wider Chaplaincy Service for inpatient physical health this will include Fordingbridge and Romsey Hospitals.

You will be responsible for the day to day delivery of compassionate spiritual care to persons of all spiritual traditions. You will receive local and professional line management support to enable you to build the chaplaincy profile You will deliver spiritual care to the national standards of the UKBHC.

The post holder is responsible for the operational management of the Chaplaincy team's activities on a day-to-day basis in order to provide comprehensive support across the wards within the units, to meet their changing needs.

We are looking for someone that has relevant experience of Band 6 chaplaincy and will locally support chaplaincy staff. You need to be able to demonstrate; strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, be organised and possess strong IT skills, and be experienced and proficient in the use of Microsoft packages including; Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

As a team player, you'll be able to prioritise your work in order to meet deadlines and have a service user focused approach. Previous experience of working in the Palliative Care and End of Life Care specialism or the NHS is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive multi-faith Chaplaincy Service to SHFT

To contribute as part of a multidisciplinary team ensuring high standards of spiritual care and pastoral support are received by staff, service users and their carers.

The main tasks described are not exhaustive. This job description is an interpretation of the duties of the post at the time of writing and does not form part of the contract of employment

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lymington New Forest Hospital

Wellworthy Road

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 8QD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lymington New Forest Hospital

Wellworthy Road

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 8QD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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