Band 6 Chaplain

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a compassionate chaplain to join the Spiritual Care Team. The role delivers inclusive spiritual and religious care to patients, families, visitors, volunteers, and staff of all faiths.

You will respond to referrals, work with the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team, and promote dignity and wellbeing through a person-centred approach. The role includes on-call duties and educational contributions.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, person-centred spiritual and religious care.
• Team-based collaboration with Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team.
• Support patients, families, visitors, and staff of all faiths and beliefs.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate spiritual and religious care to patients, families, visitors, volunteers, and staff.
• Respond to referrals, coordinating with other chaplains as needed.
• Collaborate with MDTs, ethics committees, and organ donation forums to raise spiritual care profile.
• Provide staff wellbeing support through one-to-one sessions and reflective practice.
• Contribute to teaching, training, and education sessions.

Skills

Compassionate care

Pastoral support

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Staff wellbeing support

Education/training delivery

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate, creative and motivated chaplain to work as part of our Spiritual Care Team. You will be joining a team that is diverse and inclusive. Informal visits and conversations are welcome. This post is open to all faiths and beliefs.

The Chaplaincy-Spiritual Care team is committed to providing compassionate, person-centred spiritual, pastoral, and religious care to patients, families, visitors, volunteers, and staff of all faiths, beliefs, and philosophies of life. We seek to promote dignity, wellbeing, and holistic care through a compassionate, non-judgemental approach that respects and values individual differences and lived experiences.

The team offers responsive one-to-one spiritual and religious support tailored to the needs of each individual. Chaplains provide both inclusive spiritual care and faith-specific support where requested or appropriate, ensuring that all people are treated with respect, sensitivity, and understanding.

Main duties of the job

• Provide appropriate, compassionate, and sensitive spiritual and religious care to patients, families, carers, visitors, volunteers, and staff.
• Receive and respond appropriately to both urgent and non-urgent referrals, referring to other chaplains as necessary.
• Work collaboratively and maintain excellent communication with members of the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team.
• Raise the profile of spiritual care across the Trust by maintaining a visible presence within clinical areas and actively engaging with staff through multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), ethics committees, organ donation committees, staff networks, and other relevant forums.
• Provide pastoral and wellbeing support to staff through one-to-one sessions, reflective practice groups, and debriefs following challenging or complex situations.
• Contribute to the delivery of teaching, training, and educational sessions as required.
• Support individuals and families who have experienced pregnancy loss and, where appropriate, arrange, plan, and lead baby funerals and memorial services.
• Oversee and assist in maintaining spiritual care and multi-faith spaces across the Trust.
• Participate in the provision of a 24-hour on-call Chaplaincy service, as required.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topFor more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk