Bank Chaplain

Elysium Healthcare; Wellington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Chaplain at Wellesley Hospital in Wellington. The role involves providing pastoral, spiritual, and religious support to patients. Candidates should have a relevant degree, pastoral experience, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include a competitive hourly rate, weekly pay, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Hourly rate of £18.72

Weekly pay

Two-week paid induction

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in subject relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy.
• Experience in a similar setting.
• Recent pastoral experience in a local faith or belief setting or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build effective working relationships with multi-professional colleagues.
• Identify and seek to address complex spiritual and religious needs.
• Provide religious support for patients and their families.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Counselling experience

Education

Degree in subject relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy

Job description

Overview

Elysium Healthcare is looking for an experienced Chaplain to provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious supports to the patients at Wellesley Hospital in Wellington.

You will seek out and respond to the pastoral, spiritual and religious needs in a sensitive and personal basis.

You will have had recent pastoral experience in a local faith or belief setting or equivalent also with chaplaincy experience within a similar setting.

Responsibilities

• Build effective working relationships with multi-professional colleagues to ensure smooth flow of communication about the spiritual needs of patients and families.
• Identify and seek to address complex spiritual and religious needs in pastoral encounters.
• Provide religious support for patients and their families.
• Build effective relationships with faith representatives.
• Keep up to date with relevant chaplaincy/spiritual care research to ensure pastoral, spiritual and religious care is evidence-based.

To be successful in this role, you\'ll need

• Degree or equivalent in subject relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Experience in a similar setting
• Recent pastoral experience in a local faith or belief setting or equivalent.
• Counselling experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills

What you will get

• A hourly rate of £18.72 (Plus a 12.07% Holiday Allowance Uplift)
• Weekly pay!
• Two-week paid induction
• App access to book shifts easily and quickly
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.