Trust Chaplain • York York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nTrust Chaplain with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in York, England, United Kingdom\n\n Trust Chaplain – Part Time post (4 days per week) based at York or Scarborough Hospital site - Band 6 + unsocial hours and on call payments Main area: Chaplain Grade: Band 6 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (working 4 days a week on a flexible rota, including out-of-hours on call and weekend cover) A job share would be considered if fewer hours are preferred. Site: The base location can be either the York or Scarborough Hospital site A chaplain is needed to support the work of the Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will be based at either the York or Scarborough Hospital site but be part of the Trust wide team, working 4 days a week (0.8wte) on a flexible rota. As an autonomous, qualified practitioner the role is to seek out and respond to the pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of individuals, their carers and staff. In addition, the chaplain will also be expected to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota including weekend cover. The Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team, of which the Chaplain will be a member, provides for the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of patients, staff and visitors within the Trust. The team’s aim is to offer support which is sensitive, appropriate to individual need and which upholds our Trust Values and Behaviours. A job share would be considered. You should be educated to honours degree or equivalent in a subject relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy and have a qualification relevant to the role such as Ordination or recognised pastoral worker accreditation in good standing with the appropriate authorising faith community or belief group. Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent is essential together with chaplaincy experience within the NHS or within a related acute healthcare setting. Based at either York or Scarborough hospital you will work on a flexible rota within the Chaplaincy team across all Trust sites and will receive full support, training and supervision. You will be working across the Trust so the successful applicant will be required to regularly travel to our different sites. You will have access to a Trust pool car to travel away from your base location, however there may be times one is not available so you will need to be a car owner/driver or have access to a motor vehicle as the role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport. Our benefits We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including: Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage. A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme An extensive range of learning and development opportunities Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris Hayes Job title: Lead Chaplain Email address: chris.hayes6@nhs.net Telephone number: 01723 342500 Contact name: Martin Hammond Contact job title: Chaplain Contact telephone number : 01904 725579 or 07443367752 Contact email address: martin.hammond4@nhs.net"}