Chaplain - Brighton - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Description

To be part of a multi-faith team at a time of major development and change in the Trust across four of the seven main sites offering varied challenges and opportunities.

You will be part of developing and providing religious, spiritual and pastoral care in imaginative and creative ways for patients, relatives and staff.

There will be opportunities to contribute to new spiritual care initiatives across the whole Trust.

To be a generic chaplain for the Trust and to represent their own faith/ denomination/belief where necessary and undertake such duties as directed by the Head of Chaplaincy and Deputy Head of Chaplaincy as needs demand.

Working on site and being part of a 24/7 on-call provision across all sites including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Authorised, licenced or ordained person / minister / priest or pastoral carer in good standing with their authorising / licencing / ordaining or belief / faith / religious authority or equivalent community organisation.

Christian applicants will be a member of one of the churches affiliated and registered with Churches Together in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

To be registered with/accredited to a recognised UK national chaplaincy organisation or be prepared to work to the standards of such a body.

Be able to provide a reference from accrediting/authorising body plus a further reference detailing your experience of supporting people who have needed pastoral care.

Be able to demonstrate your interest, experience and understanding of working within a health care or a similar setting with transferable skills.

Be able to demonstrate your extensive pastoral experience of supporting people in emotional and spiritual distress or who are suffering from illness or trauma.

Also to be able to demonstrate your own emotional and spiritual coping techniques when providing such support.
Be able to demonstrate your ability to support, accept and care for people of all faiths, beliefs and none.

Demonstrate your ability to work as part of a Chaplaincy team consisting of both staff and volunteers and also with wider multidisciplinary teams within the Trust in addition to being able to work alone especially when on-call.

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First.

Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed.

We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme, for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be.

From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.


Candidate Information Pack:
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joanna Elliott Job title: Head of Chaplaincy Email address: Telephone number:

Royal Sussex County Hospital ext 63444 or 64122

Princess Royal Hospital Haywards Heath ext 68232

St Richard's Hospital ext 35380

Worthing Hospital ext 84004

Available Monday - Friday.