Chaplain

Chaplain Main area - Chaplain Grade - Band 6 Contract - Permanent Hours - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Part time Job share 9.4 hours per week Flexible working Job ref - 2246-COR(phone number removed) Site - Wedgwood House - Norfolk & Suffolk Town - Norfolk & Suffolk Salary - £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period - Yearly Closing - 30/10/2024 23:59 Interview date - 28/11/2024 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health. Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience. We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us! We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require. OB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed. YOUR APPLICATION It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted. We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us on the email below. PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox. Job overview Are you looking for an opportunity where you can have a real impact on patients, their loved ones and your colleagues? Our chaplaincy team is seeking a Hospital Chaplain to join them in Norfolk and Suffolk, to help grow and shape the pastoral, spiritual and religious service we provide. You’ll be joining a small, collaborative team and will be supported with clergy supervision by Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Trust. This is a part-time opportunity for 9.4 hours a week. You’ll be based largely in Bury St. Edmunds, potentially covering the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk so must be able to travel between different locations. It is integral that you are open minded and prepared to work with patients, their relatives and friends, and staff and students; whatever their cultural and faith tradition, for the purpose of pastoral, spiritual and religious care. Although there will be a lot of independent working, there will also be an expectation to support with the development of volunteers into the chaplaincy team; something we are very passionate about. If you’re suitably qualified and seeking an opportunity to work alongside inspiring, compassionate individuals – we’d love to hear from you! There may be further hours available in the coming weeks/months across our organisation, so we would welcome applications from all and we can discuss further at interview. Main duties of the job As chaplain, you will: * Help develop, maintain and provide a comprehensive Spiritual & Pastoral Care service in Norfolk and Suffolk. You will help the Trust implement its Spirituality Strategy and related policies and develop as an efficient, effective and healthy organisation. * You will help develop and promote a multi-disciplinary approach to care which recognises the importance of spirituality in mental health care in accordance with the Trust’s Strategy on Spirituality and its commitment to person centred care. * You will develop and maintain a resource for Faith Group leaders and workers in providing for the care of their faith group members who are Trust service users, carers or staff. * You may have the opportunity to supervise and train Spiritual and Pastoral Care team volunteers and student / ministerial placements as required. * You will help manage appropriate resources for the spiritual, religious and pastoral care of service users, carers and staff, including the provision of sacred spaces for worship and personal reflection. Working for our organisation Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. Why work for us? We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Benefits Benefits included with this role are:- * NHS pension * a comprehensive in house & external training programmes * career progression * starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) * staff physio service * NHS discounts and many more * Relocation packages. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria * Accredited training and licensing with authority to practice as a World Faith Group leader and/or pastoral worker. (or comparable e.g. Accredited Humanist Celebrant.) * Accredited training in pastoral care or other relevant discipline Experience Essential criteria * Experience of pastoral ministry (or equivalent). Desirable criteria * Experience as a mental health chaplain. Skills Essential criteria * Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills