Head of Service: Spiritual and Pastoral Care Service
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
We are actively seeking a Head of Service for our Spiritual & Pastoral Care team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a professional and high-quality Spiritual and Pastoral Care service to patients, their loved ones, and Trust staff, addressing and fulfilling their diverse spiritual needs.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will manage the team, deploying Chaplains and team members to ensure a suitable level of service. Utilizing specialist knowledge and pastoral skills, they will guide and shape the strategic direction for the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team. They will ensure the provision of staff development opportunities for Chaplains and department members to enable the most effective Spiritual and Pastoral Care service. Additionally, they will actively participate in care delivery, including on-call responsibilities. The Head of Service will serve as an exemplary role model for all staff, demonstrating a track record of Chaplaincy within healthcare and maintaining good standing within their faith community or belief group.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached detailed job description related to this post.
Please also see attached detailed person specification related to this post.
Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards.
Other requirements
* Enhanced DBS disclosure.
* Availability for overnight on-call.
* Availability for incident call-out.
* Willing to work to flexible rota pattern.
Training & Qualifications
* Degree (or equivalent experience) with demonstrable learning such as counselling, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy, religious studies, or theology.
* Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognized/established sponsoring faith community or belief group (including non-religious beliefs).
* Formal leadership and management training.
* Evidence of annual continued professional development relevant to healthcare chaplaincy to UKBHC standards.
Experience
* Extensive track record of working at a senior chaplain level with a wide range of groups within a healthcare setting.
* Extensive experience of professionally supervised clinical practice as an autonomous practitioner healthcare chaplain.
* Working knowledge of major faith communities and belief groups in relation to the healthcare context.
* In-depth involvement in audit and/or service evaluation.
* Teaching and training experience.
* Research literacy including an understanding of the research process.
* Evidence of responding appropriately to complex spiritual and pastoral needs.
* Enabling and empowering others to interpret experience and find meaning through exploration of spiritual issues encountered in sickness, mental health, dying, death, and bereavement.
* Proven responsibility for professional leadership and operational management of a diverse group of healthcare chaplains.
* Experience of working at regional and national level relevant to health and social care.
* Supervision of chaplains and others working within a chaplaincy service.
Communication and Relationship skills
* Able to communicate effectively and articulately at all levels, both written and oral.
* Able to deal effectively and decisively with individual/collective performance issues.
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and conflict resolution skills.
* Able to lead discussions and encourage the participation of others.
* Able to present and explain complex data to a variety of audiences clearly and concisely.
* Ability to lead, motivate, and coach a team.
* Willing to work to Chaplaincy Standards and annual Departmental Action Plan.
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Able to independently analyse, interpret, and compare highly complex facts and situations and make judgements where there is no precedent and where other leading opinions may conflict.
* Strategic thinker influencing strategic outcomes.
* Flexible and positive in managing a team of volunteers with varying knowledge, experience, and views.
* Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Planning and organisation skills
* Exceptional organisational skills.
* Able to prioritise and deliver to deadlines.
* Able to develop and implement short, medium, and long-term strategies and plans.
* Works to achieve agreed objectives given freedom to do this, guided by principles, policies, and regulations.
* Able to keep abreast of developments in the Trust and across the wider NHS that may impact on the department.
* Proven record of pro-active performance management.
Physical skills
* Light physical effort required - sitting, standing, walking.
* Ability to use a PC more or less continuously.
* Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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