Job summary
To work flexibly as part of the Chaplaincy team to ensure that all patients and staff receive effective pastoral, spiritual and religious care when needed across all clinical areas in the trust. In addition, to help staff have sensitivity to spiritual needs and extend their knowledge through the provision of support in clinical areas.
To ensure that those within the hospital requiring religious, pastoral and spiritual care receive appropriate attention and care, and to respond to all other forms of spiritual need either directly or via referral to other chaplains and services.
To provide flexible cover arrangements to ensure there is resilience in the chaplaincy service and continuity of support for staff and patients at times when demand for services exceeds existing capacity of the substantive team to deliver.
Main duties of the job
To work with the Chaplaincy team to ensure the timely and appropriate response to referrals and requests for pastoral and spiritual support.
To take part in the On Call rota as requested by the lead chaplain - making decisions on own initiative about spiritual needs in crisis situations; responding to emergency calls while meeting the required response time.
To record and manage data in accordance with Information Governance policies and procedures
To be prepared to take part in Major Incident Response in accordance with Departmental and Trust policies and procedures.
To be an additional flexible resource as part of caseload planning within the Chaplaincy team and the allocation of patients to volunteers.
To provide supervision to designated, students on placement and volunteers.
To work in accordance with the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust values, policies and procedures, fulfilling statutory and mandatory Trust training requirements and undertaking any necessary training that supports the work in agreement with the Head of Chaplaincy.
To undertake other duties as may be requested by the Head of Chaplaincy to facilitate the smooth running of the Department to ensure delivery of excellent service to the Trust.
To be the Duty Chaplain as and when required, ensuring timely follow-up of all referrals, including Electronic Patient Referrals and telephone referrals.
About us
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the full job description and person specification for further information relating to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the full job description and person specification for further information relating to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Counselling or coaching qualification or equivalent training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with those from other faiths and belief systems from your own
- Experience of providing holistic pastoral and spiritual care, comfortable offering prayers and services.
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups
Desirable
- Experience of providing spiritual care in a health care environment.
- Experience of providing counselling or emotional support.
Skills
Essential
- Precise, succinct and sensitive spoken and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and stay calm in emotional situations
- Ability to work under pressure and stay calm in emotional situations
- Advanced pastoral support skills
- The ability to form relationships quickly and foster trust and confidence with staff
- Ability to work in a multi-faith/belief setting
- The ability to relate well with all members of the hospital community
- Ability to reflect on Pastoral and Spiritual encounters within a caseload of patients
- Good listening skills
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to both offer and receive support from other members of the chaplaincy team and other NHS staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- Informed about current issues in pastoral and spiritual care support and public institutions
Other
Essential
- Willingness to be part of an on call service and occasionally work unsocial hours
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments, if necessary). Including clearance on blood borne viruses, in compliance with Trust Policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Counselling or coaching qualification or equivalent training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with those from other faiths and belief systems from your own
- Experience of providing holistic pastoral and spiritual care, comfortable offering prayers and services.
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups
Desirable
- Experience of providing spiritual care in a health care environment.
- Experience of providing counselling or emotional support.
Skills
Essential
- Precise, succinct and sensitive spoken and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and stay calm in emotional situations
- Ability to work under pressure and stay calm in emotional situations
- Advanced pastoral support skills
- The ability to form relationships quickly and foster trust and confidence with staff
- Ability to work in a multi-faith/belief setting
- The ability to relate well with all members of the hospital community
- Ability to reflect on Pastoral and Spiritual encounters within a caseload of patients
- Good listening skills
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to both offer and receive support from other members of the chaplaincy team and other NHS staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- Informed about current issues in pastoral and spiritual care support and public institutions
Other
Essential
- Willingness to be part of an on call service and occasionally work unsocial hours
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments, if necessary). Including clearance on blood borne viruses, in compliance with Trust Policy.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
