Free Church or Anglican Chaplain

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider seeks a Christian Chaplain to join the chaplaincy team. The role involves delivering high-quality care through emotional and pastoral support to a diverse patient community within the hospital. Flexibility in working hours is required, including emergency call outs. Ideal candidates will embody compassion, diplomacy, and adaptability, contributing to the hospital's core values.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a hospital chaplain is desirable but not essential.
• Candidates must demonstrate upholding trust core values of CARE (Compassionate, Accountability, Respect & Excellence).

Responsibilities

• Deliver general and specific emotional/pastoral care based on requests.
• Respond to emergency calls and provide timely visits to patients.

Skills

Compassionate

Diplomatic

Adaptable

Job description

Overview

The Christian Chaplain will work as part of the chaplaincy team to deliver a high standard of care. The cultural, spiritually and religiously diverse patient and staff community within the hospital means that the team are required to respond to the pastoral needs of all those who may wish to access the service. The chaplaincy service is 7 days a week 365 days a year and is covered both within contracted hours and an on call rota for the full 24 hour period. An emergency call out needs to be addressed straight away by the Chaplain on-call and the patient should get the visit within one hour from the phone call. As such we would be extremely appreciative if the successful candidate would be available to cover the service as required.

Responsibilities

Previous experience as a hospital chaplain is desirable but not essential, as the role will include ward visitation to deliver general and specific emotional /pastoral care depending on the request made.

Requirements / Qualifications

Are you a highly motivated, knowledgeable, compassionate, diplomatic and adaptable individual who would like to be part of a dynamic team? Candidates must be able to demonstrate that they uphold the trust core values of CARE ( Compassionate, Accountability, respect & Excellence).

Equality and Diversity

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

Support and Flexible Working

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice