Chaplain

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is seeking a Trainee Chaplain to join a multi-faith Chaplaincy Team in central London. The role requires commitment to diverse beliefs and experience in hospital settings.

You will contribute to a 24/7 on-call rota and support patients, families and staff with spiritual care. We offer opportunities to develop a wide range of chaplaincy skills in a challenging environment, with a fixed-term post that can lead to broader opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience delivering pastoral, spiritual and religious care.
• Ability to work within a multi-faith chaplaincy team.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to diverse beliefs and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral and spiritual care to patients, families and staff.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota to ensure timely support.
• Collaborate with other chaplains to develop chaplaincy services.

Skills

Pastoral care experience

Multi-faith understanding

Education

Theology/Chaplaincy training

Job description

A Trainee chaplain is required to join a multi-faith Chaplaincy Team serving this prestigious group of specialist teaching hospitals in the centre of London. You will be in good standing with your own faith or belief community. This will be affirmed by the leadership of any of the twelve faith/belief groups who are members of the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual & Religious Care in Health (NPSRCH), formerly the Healthcare Chaplaincy Faith & Belief Group (HCFBG). You will have some experience of delivering pastoral, spiritual and religious care, part of which may have been gained whilst providing ministry within an Acute Hospital environment. A committed team member, you will work with other chaplains to provide pastoral and spiritual care to a culturally diverse community. A vital faith, together with a sensitivity that accepts people with beliefs that may have been radically different from your own, is essential. You will contribute to the Trust-wide Chaplaincy service, including participation in a 24/7 on-call rota, ensuring that appropriate pastoral and spiritual support is available to patients and staff at times of need. The post offers excellent opportunities of developing a wide range of chaplaincy skills within a challenging and demanding environment. It is a fixed-term post and previous post-holders have moved on to more responsible chaplaincy posts with other Trusts.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.
• We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff
• UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.