Community Chaplain - Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom - Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Description

Main area Chaplaincy Grade 6

Contract Permanent:
Includes shared on call cover and alternate weekend working Hours Full time - 37.Site Northampton General Hospital Town Northampton Salary Dependent on experience within range of £35,392 - £42,618 Closing 01/05/2024 23:59

To support enable the Chaplaincy Team to help provide religious, pastoral and spiritual support for patient's, carers and staff throughout the Trust.

The post holder will liaise with the Senior Hospital Chaplain and other members of the Chaplaincy team to ensure that services are developed and maintained throughout the Trust.

Responsibility for leading in areas agreed from time to time with the senior Chaplain; The Hospital Chaplain will deputise for the Senior Hospital Chaplain during periods of absence; they will be delegated responsibility for day to day departmental operational matters as agreed with the Senior Hospital Chaplain.

Spiritual and Religious

To work with the Senior Hospital Chaplain in ensuring the delivery of religious, spiritual and pastoral care throughout the hospital community.

Freedom to act independently within the boundaries of existing Trust, policies, protocols, procedures, and strategies.
To attend any training opportunities relevant to the role.
To maintain ongoing professional development to be a resource for ethical, theological, and pastoral matters within the Trust.

To the Senior Chaplain:
To assist in the supervision of theological students on placement.

We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.
This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Spiritual and Religious

To work with the Senior Hospital Chaplain in ensuring the delivery of religious, spiritual and pastoral care throughout the hospital community.

To assist in providing special care to the seriously ill and dying and ministering to both patients and their families in immediate need.

To maintain good relations with local clergy, and other outside agencies as appropriate; To assist in the training, supervision, recruitment, and day to day work of the Hospital Chaplaincy Volunteers.

To observe the requirements of confidentiality both within and outside the hospital community.

To assist in the implementation of appropriate standards of service; to be conversant with the necessary hospital policies and guidelines ensuring that these standards are met.

To assist in the provision of information to the public about the Chaplaincy Department through the Trust's website.
Freedom to act independently within the boundaries of existing Trust, policies, protocols, procedures, and strategies.
To attend any training opportunities relevant to the role.
To maintain ongoing professional development to be a resource for ethical, theological, and pastoral matters within the Trust.

To the Senior Chaplain:
To assist in the supervision of theological students on placement.
Ordained priest/minister of a church in membership of Churches Together in England.
Licensed/ authorised to provide full religious and sacramental care within their own faith tradition.
An ordained priest/minister in good standing with their church.
Personal Qualities
Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users

As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills.

We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.
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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge.

We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.