Deputy Head of Chaplaincy inColchester inColchester PUBLISHED 16 DEC 2023
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
We are looking for an innovative, experienced, highly motivated person to work as full time Deputy Head of Chaplaincy, predominately based on the Colchester Hospital site, but available to work across other Trust sites across East Suffolk and North Essex when necessary.
You will work closely with the Head of Chaplaincy to ensure the provision of high quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to ESNEFT patients, visitors, volunteers and staff of all faiths and beliefs.
You will have a high degree of self-awareness and a real aptitude for sensitively coming alongside all those who use and provide our Trust services. You will be a reflective chaplaincy practitioner who constantly strives to improve your own practice and that of the chaplaincy team.
You will be able to work collaboratively as part of a team of Trust chaplains, bank chaplains, honorary faith and belief group chaplains, and chaplaincy volunteers. You will be able to encourage and develop those under your leadership. You will deputise for the Head of Chaplaincy in their absence.
You will relate well to the wider Trust and community, building and maintaining excellent working relationships with Trust colleagues, multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and community partners.
You will share in maintaining a 24/7 on-call service and weekend working.
Endorsement from your faith community or belief group is essential.
- To provide visible leadership for the provision of high-quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, carers, relatives, visitors, volunteers and staff. You will ensure all care is sensitive to their needs, culture, background, faith and belief, including where people do not think of themselves as being religious.
- To co-ordinate and participate in the rota for 24 hour on-call cover. You will address the urgent pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of patients, relatives and staff and be flexible in dealing with an unpredictable work pattern due to unexpected requests.
- To provide leadership, line management, and development of the Chaplaincy Team on the Colchester Hospital site. You will also ensure the visible pastoral presence of the chaplains at Colchester, Clacton and Harwich hospitals.
- To co-ordinate and enable team-working. You will work within a multi-faith, multi-belief, ecumenical chaplaincy team of both ordained and lay people, including chaplaincy volunteers.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
We are looking for an innovative, experienced, highly motivated person to work as full time Deputy Head of Chaplaincy, predominately based on the Colchester Hospital site, but available to work across other Trust sites across East Suffolk and North Essex when necessary.
You will work closely with the Head of Chaplaincy to ensure the provision of high quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to ESNEFT patients, visitors, volunteers and staff of all faiths and beliefs.
You will have a high degree of self-awareness and a real aptitude for sensitively coming alongside all those who use and provide our Trust services. You will be a reflective chaplaincy practitioner who constantly strives to improve your own practice and that of the chaplaincy team.
You will be able to work collaboratively as part of a team of Trust chaplains, bank chaplains, honorary faith and belief group chaplains, and chaplaincy volunteers. You will be able to encourage and develop those under your leadership. You will deputise for the Head of Chaplaincy in their absence.
You will relate well to the wider Trust and community, building and maintaining excellent working relationships with Trust colleagues, multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and community partners.
You will share in maintaining a 24/7 on-call service and weekend working.
Endorsement from your faith community or belief group is essential.
- To provide visible leadership for the provision of high-quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, carers, relatives, visitors, volunteers and staff. You will ensure all care is sensitive to their needs, culture, background, faith and belief, including where people do not think of themselves as being religious.
- To co-ordinate and participate in the rota for 24 hour on-call cover. You will address the urgent pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of patients, relatives and staff and be flexible in dealing with an unpredictable work pattern due to unexpected requests.
- To provide leadership, line management, and development of the Chaplaincy Team on the Colchester Hospital site. You will also ensure the visible pastoral presence of the chaplains at Colchester, Clacton and Harwich hospitals.
- To co-ordinate and enable team-working. You will work within a multi-faith, multi-belief, ecumenical chaplaincy team of both ordained and lay people, including chaplaincy volunteers.
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