Healthcare Chaplain

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established multi-faith team working in Salford Royal Hospital. You will respond to the diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and pastoral needs of patients, visitors and staff. You will be highly motivated, knowledgeable, compassionate, diplomatic and creative; an excellent listener and communicator, with a non-judgmental calm and confident approach. We are looking for an Ordained or Lay faith leader in good standing with and endorsed by the Church of England or Free Churches Group of Churches Together in England with extensive pastoral experience.

Previous experience of healthcare chaplaincy and the NHS is desirable but not essential and the post is an ideal training opportunity in which to develop experience of working as a Chaplain in the NHS as an entry into professional chaplaincy. The successful applicant will benefit from training and supervision. Engaged in self-reflection and developing your spiritual care skills, you will be eligible to work towards UKBHC registration.

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The Chaplain will:

• Provide pastoral, emotional, spiritual, and religious care for patients, visitors and staff;
• Identify spiritual, cultural, and religious needs and provide/facilitate appropriate care;
• Visit wards and units, and have a designated focus within the hospital;
• Provide insights and spiritual/ religious care to all, specialising in caring for those from an Anglican or Free Church tradition;
• Lead and facilitate worship and prayer;
• Support chaplaincy volunteers;
• Share in staffing the on call rota (out of hours). You must be able to travel to all NCA hospital sites (Salford Royal, Royal Oldham, Fairfield General (Bury) or Rochdale Infirmary) within an hour of being paged.
  
  

You Must Be

• Committed to delivering compassionate and person-focused care.
• Non-judgmental, flexible, calm, and confident in approach.
• Knowledgeable about religious and belief-based care within and beyond your own tradition
• Committed to the Trust values
• Motivated to deliver the highest standard of spiritual care at all times.
  
  

The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 23,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer group-wide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in Saving and Improving Lives, and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rev Natalie Hackett Job title: Chaplaincy Assistant Manager Email address: natalie.hackett@nca.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 206 5167

Informal conversations are welcome for those exploring this position. Please ring or email the Chaplaincy Assistant Manager to arrange.