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Competent Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care Practitioners from any Religious Denomination or Psycho-Social Pastoral Community are required to supplement the service of theSpiritual, Religious and Religious Care: Chaplaincy Department to address and fulfil the delivery of Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services within this Acute Healthcare environment. We are looking for highly motivated and experienced ordained or accredited personnel to work with the Spiritual, Religious and Religious Care Team which includes trained volunteers. The selected candidate will be expected to relate pastorally to all levels of the organisation, whether patients' relatives or staff and to innovate and work flexibly to deliver the highest quality of Spiritual, Religious and Religious care in line with Clinical Governance Development Plans, protocols, guidelines and standards to which the Hospital complies.
Job Responsibility:
Share the provision of a comprehensive Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care Service within the Trust that seeks to meet the spiritual, pastoral and religious needs of patients and those significant to them,service users, staff, and students
To be a reference point for spiritual, pastoral and religious care matters within the organisation and a link with spiritual, pastoral and religious community agencies outside the organisation
Contribute to the Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care Team in the Chaplaincy department by providing specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences,and practices
Ensure good communication and collaboration with all members of the Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care Team
Follow established procedures and policies
Contribute to the effective operation of a duty rota
Share in the provision of cover making decisions on own initiative about spiritual, pastoral and religious needs in crisis situations, responding to emergency calls while meeting the required response time
Participate in the Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care role in Major Incident
Contribute to caseload planning within the Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care team and the allocation of patients to volunteers
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent work or life experience) with demonstrable learning in a relevant field such as counselling, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy, religious studies or theology
Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognized/established sponsoring faith community or belief group
Evidence of annual continued professional development relevant to healthcare chaplaincy to UKBHC standards
Approximately 1600 hours of professionally supervised clinical practice as a designated healthcare chaplain
Nice to have:
Postgraduate qualification (or equivalent life or work experience or working towards) with demonstrable outcomes of learning relevant to healthcare chaplaincy
Qualification (or working towards) in pastoral supervision (such as those recommended by The Association for Pastoral Supervision and Education), coaching, management, or leadership
Evidence that the candidate proactively practices Continuous Professional Development
Knowledge of current research in spirituality in healthcare
Experience of supervising volunteers or healthcare pastoral assistants/care workers