Chaplain

NHS; Ealing; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the West London NHS Trust as a Team Chaplain. The role involves providing spiritual, religious, and pastoral care to service users and staff across diverse faith backgrounds. Candidates should possess a degree and significant experience in pastoral care, preferably in healthcare settings, and a commitment to working respectfully with all individuals.

Qualifications

• Must be ordained/licensed/accredited by relevant Faith leader.
• Experience in forensic services and working with mental health needs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible and responsive spiritual care to a diverse set of service users.
• Work with a multi-faith team to support the pastoral care needs of patients and staff.

Skills

Pastoral experience

Team collaboration

Multi-disciplinary working

Education

Degree level or equivalent in relevant area

Theological training

Ongoing professional development

Job description

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced and suitably qualified person to join us as a Team Chaplain in the Department of Spiritual and Pastoral Care at West London NHS Trust. We are looking for a healthcare chaplain, preferably with mental health or forensic experience, to join a multi-faith and ecumenical team. Based at Ealing, West London, the post holder will provide spiritual, religious and pastoral care to a wide variety of service users, carers and staff.

Educated to degree level, you will have a theological or religious studies training leading to accreditation as a leader within a recognised faith community and you will have significant experience of spiritual and pastoral care. Previous practice in healthcare is a requirement for this post and a willingness to work respectfully with people of all faiths and none is essential.

You will report to the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team Leader in London and will receive full support, training and supervision.

Main duties of the job

To work within an ecumenical and multi-faith spiritual and pastoral care team to provide a flexible and responsive service of spiritual, religious and pastoral care to service users, carers, visitors and staff.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We're rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

Job responsibilities

For a further breakdown on the vacancy, a detailed job description and main responsibilities section are available for comprehensive viewing via the attached Candidate Pack.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in relevant area
• Other relevant professional education
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Able to be ordained/ licensed/accredited by relevant Faith leader

Experience

• In depth/substantial proven pastoral experience preferably within in the NHS
• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of working with people with mental health needs
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of working within Forensic services
• Experience of working within a therapeutic setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum incl. HCAS