Trust Chaplain

We now have an exciting opportunity for a chaplain or pastoral care practitioner to join our diverse team of chaplains, honorary and bank chaplains, and volunteers. We provide care 7 days a week, and in emergency 24 hours a day, striving to support people from all faiths and beliefs, or world views.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious/belief care in the NHS setting.
• Work as part of a faith and belief team, delivering holistic care for patients, staff, students, and their families.
• Respect and affirm people regardless of religion, belief, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or state of health.
• Collaborate across faith and belief systems and work to pastoral care beyond personal faith boundaries.

Contact

For questions about this job please contact: The Revd Canon Ben Rhodes, Head of Chaplaincy Services via or telephone , or Mrs Sharon Packer, Chaplaincy Business Support Manager via .

Qualifications

• Eligible to be authorised by appropriate faith or belief group to practice as a Healthcare Chaplain.
• Educated to Honours degree level (or equivalent work or life experience).
• Registered or eligible to be registered by the Council of Professional Chaplains and Pastoral Carers.

Experience

• Previous Chaplaincy experience with approximately 1600 hours of professionally supervised practice as a designated chaplain or pastoral care practitioner.
• Broad knowledge of faith and belief systems to work in a multi cultural, multi faith and belief context.
• Postgraduate specialist Healthcare Chaplaincy qualification (if applicable).

Legal & Disclosure

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust cannot provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or salary threshold concessions under the Skilled Worker visa route.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.