Head of Chaplaincy

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Colchester is seeking a Head of Chaplaincy to provide strategic leadership on pastoral, spiritual, and religious care. The role involves managing a large chaplaincy team and developing a multi-faith approach to care. Ideal candidates will have a Master's degree in a relevant field and substantial experience in healthcare chaplaincy. Benefits include training and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Master's Degree Level or equivalent in chaplaincy studies or pastoral theology.
• Substantial healthcare chaplaincy and management experience within the NHS.
• Ability to use personal transport for chaplaincy duties.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, monitor and review the strategy of the chaplaincy service.
• Manage the chaplaincy budget and charitable funds.
• Contribute to the strategic workings of the chaplaincy service.
• Develop pastoral, spiritual and religious care in the Trust/community.
• Identify financial resources for the human resources development.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, experienced, visionary and talented healthcare chaplain to join East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust as Head of Chaplaincy. ESNEFT's Head of Chaplaincy provides strategic leadership to the Trust, leading on pastoral, spiritual and religious care within the organisation, and leading and managing the chaplaincy team. The Head of Chaplaincy role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a large chaplaincy team across multiple sites in a busy and culturally diverse organisation, and to further develop a multi-faith and belief approach to chaplaincy provision.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, monitor and review the strategy of the chaplaincy service in line with current NHS England chaplaincy guidance and guidance from professional and regulatory bodies e.g. UKBHC chaplaincy Code of Conduct, and the Trust's corporate agenda in consultation with the Deputy Director of Nursing Quality.
• Manage the chaplaincy budget and charitable funds within Trust procedures and contribute to the drawing up of department/service budgets or financial initiatives. Act as an authorised signatory for small cash/ financial payment i.e. overtime, travel, ordering stock etc.
• Contribute to the strategic and operational working of the chaplaincy service through collaboration with the wider patient services meetings, 'away-days' and other relevant meetings and project work. Contribute towards policy implementation, providing advice on best practice and contribute to relevant decision making as part of patient services.
• Further the development of the chaplaincy service and pastoral, spiritual and religious care in the Trust/community by making clear links between (a) the Trusts corporate agenda, (b) the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of staff and patients, and (c) the resources of chaplaincy care.
• Identify financial resources to develop the human resources side of the department to meet national guidelines within a multi-faith and belief framework.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will be educated to Master's Degree Level or equivalent in experience, in an appropriate subject such as chaplaincy studies or pastoral theology and have substantial healthcare chaplaincy and management experience within the NHS, and in line with current UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy guidance. They will need to be able to use their own personal transport for chaplaincy duties.

About the Trust

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

What We Offer

• We pride ourselves on supporting our staff with a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
• Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
• Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
• Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
• We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

How to Apply

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A