Chaplain

West London NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Team Chaplain at West London NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a multi-faith team, providing essential spiritual care to diverse service users and helping to maintain mental health support at this well-rated NHS organization. Qualifications include a relevant degree and significant experience in pastoral care roles.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Theological training leading to accreditation.
• Significant experience in spiritual and pastoral care.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual, religious, and pastoral care to service users and staff.
• Work within a multi-faith spiritual and pastoral care team.
• Support and supervise team members.

Skills

Pastoral care

Team collaboration

Caring for mental health

Education

Degree in relevant area

Theological training

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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