Chaplain (Multi-Faith) UHN Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services

Job overview

The UHN Spiritual and Pastoral Care Service are seeking to appoint a Chaplain (Multi-Faith), to work collaboratively within the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team and our volunteers to deliver a safe and effective service which meets the needs of the Trust in providing spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for our patients, visitors, and staff.

Working across both hospital sites as required, the main duties include:

• visits all wards and departments, providing spiritual and pastoral care to patients and their visitors as appropriate;
• build working relationships with all wards and departments, delivering spiritual and pastoral support to staff as appropriate;
• provide a service committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that the Spiritual and Pastoral Care service is accessible to people of all faiths and none, within our hospital community;
• ensure that suitable facilities are provided for religious observance, prayer, and reflection for all who require them; work in partnership with faith representatives in the community to provide religious, spiritual, and pastoral care;
• support the provision of corporate acts of worship, and to lead services, such as funerals and memorial services as appropriate;
• respond to the needs of the service and to share in a 24/7 On-Call Out of Hours.

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively within the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team and our volunteers delivering a safe and effective service which meets the needs of the Trust in providing spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for patients, visitors, and staff.
• To visit all wards and departments, providing spiritual and pastoral care to patients and their visitors as appropriate.
• To provide an approachable presence within the hospital and to build working relationships with all wards and departments, delivering spiritual and pastoral support to staff as appropriate.
• To work with the Lead Chaplain to provide a service committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that the Spiritual and Pastoral
• Care service is accessible to people of all faiths and none, within our hospital community.
• Working with the Lead Chaplain to ensure that suitable facilities are provided for religious observance, prayer, and reflection for all who require them.
• To work in partnership with faith representatives in the community to provide religious, spiritual, and pastoral care.
• To support the provision of corporate acts of worship, and to lead services as appropriate.
• Responding to the needs of the service, to share in a 24/7 On-Call Out of Hours Service (for which an on-call allowance is paid, as is payment for the out of hours response time on-site) as Trust Duty Chaplain.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For Full details and responsibilities of the role, please see attached job description and person specification