The post holder will act as a generic chaplain within the spiritual care team for 15 hours a week.
Working alongside the current chaplains and the spiritual care service manager, the chaplain will have primary responsibility for the delivery of pastoral and spiritual care to service users, families & carers, and staff attached to a number of community teams and at several Trust inpatient units across the trust footprint.
All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity
- contribute to the provision of generic pastoral and spiritual care on agreed inpatient units via a structured, flexible weekly or fortnightly timetable of visits
- establish and develop relationships with community teams at the base(s) relating to this post, take referrals and establish pastoral and spiritual care as a component within the care of community service users
- manage an extensive case load sometimes involving complex psychological and spiritual needs
- lone work where required in accordance with Trust protocols
- where requested, offer confidential pastoral care to staff on an individual basis
- participate fully in the planning, development and evaluation of the spiritual care service
- work collaboratively alongside the Trust chaplains in ensuring the effective and comprehensive provision of pastoral and spiritual care across Hertfordshire
- where appropriate for the ongoing care of patients/service users and families/carers, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with local third sector organisations that provide related pastoral support within the community
- conduct themselves in accordance with the principles of the national standards and code of conduct relating to The Council of Professional Chaplains and Pastoral Carers (formally UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy)
- continue maintain up to date mandatory and other training requirements associated with both your substantive role and that of the secondment
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
In order to meet the needs of staff, service users, carers and relatives the post holder will:
- contribute to the provision of generic pastoral and spiritual care on agreed inpatient units via a structured, flexible weekly or fortnightly timetable of visits
- establish and develop relationships with community teams at the base(s) relating to this post, take referrals from them and establish pastoral and spiritual care as a component within the care of community service users
- manage an extensive case load sometimes involving complex psychological and spiritual needs
- lone work where required in accordance with Trust protocols
- where requested, offer confidential pastoral care to staff on an individual basis
- participate fully in the planning, development and evaluation of the spiritual care service
- work collaboratively alongside the Trust chaplains in ensuring the effective and comprehensive provision of pastoral and spiritual care across Hertfordshire
- where appropriate for the ongoing care of patients/service users and families/carers, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with local third sector organisations that provide related pastoral support within the community
- conduct themselves in accordance with the principles of the national standards and code of conduct relating to healthcare chaplaincy
- continue to meet and maintain up to date mandatory and other training requirements associated with both your substantive role and that of the secondment
