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Job summary
- To be a member of the multi-faith hospital chaplaincy team offering pastoral, spiritual and religious care to all patients, visitors and staff.
- To provide specialist and pastoral, spiritual and religious advice and care for Christian patients, families and staff.
- Maintain, participate in and develop pastoral, spiritual and religious care in the Trust through providing support, training and facilitation of reflective practice, including ethical considerations for all staff under the guidance of the Lead Chaplain.
- To assist with the supervision and direction of chaplaincy support for all, including recruitment, training, and support of chaplaincy volunteers.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will-
- Provide specialist pastoral, spiritual and religious advice and care for patients, families and staff within Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
- Have A professional chaplaincy identity rooted in one's own religious /spiritual/pastoral heritage that integrates professional values and behaviours, skills and specialist knowledge.
- Be a skilled communicator and to be able to establish and maintain relationships, often in challenging and sensitive situations.
- Be able to negotiate and work within highly complex and sensitive situations and to provide or advise on the spiritual care that is required.
- Be able to make specialised independent judgements regarding spiritual care, dependent upon the situation.
- Have a commitment to one's own professional and spiritual growth and development.
- Provide pastoral advice and support to staff of all disciplines and grades, both in professional and personal matters, and to participate in initiatives to promote good quality spiritual and religious care.
- Develop and maintain skills and knowledge necessary to provide person-centred, evidence-based chaplaincy care to both healthcare staff as well as patients and their families
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.