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Chaplain

Job Description

To be part of a multi-faith team at a time of major development and change in the Trust across three of the seven main sites offering varied challenges and opportunities. You will be part of developing and providing religious, spiritual and pastoral care in imaginative and creative ways for patients, relatives and staff. There will be opportunities to contribute to new spiritual care initiatives across the whole Trust.

To be a generic chaplain for the Trust and to represent their own faith/ denomination/belief where necessary and undertake such duties as directed by the Lead Chaplain as needs demand. Potentially working and covering on-call at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and Newhaven

Authorised, licenced or ordained person / minister / priest or pastoral carer in good standing with their authorising / licencing / ordaining or belief / faith / religious authority or equivalent community organisation. Christian applicants will be a member of one of the churches affiliated and registered with Churches Together in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

• To be registered with/accredited to a recognised UK national chaplaincy organisation or be prepared to join one.
• Be able to provide a reference from accrediting/authorising body plus a further reference detailing your experience of supporting people who have needed pastoral care.
• Be able to demonstrate your interest, experience and understanding of working within a health care setting or other setting requiring similar skills.
• Be able to demonstrate your extensive pastoral experience of supporting people in emotional and spiritual distress or who are suffering from illness or trauma. Also to be able to demonstrate your own emotional and spiritual coping techniques when providing such support.
• Be able to demonstrate your ability to support, accept and care for people of all faiths, beliefs and none.
• Demonstrate your ability to work as part of a Chaplaincy team consisting of both staff and volunteers and also with wider multidisciplinary teams within the Trust in addition to being able to work alone especially when on-call.

• Discern emotional and spiritual needs
• Arrange appropriate response with available resources
• Provide continuing support and strength
• To be a spiritual, pastoral and ethical religious resource
• To assist when necessary and appropriate with emergency marriages, civil partnerships, baptisms and blessings
• When on-call to be the Chaplain contacted when a major incident is declared
• When on-call to have responsibility for responding appropriately to all calls relating to spiritual and religious care

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