Head of Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care Services.

Job overview

To provide strategic leadership and operational management of the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Service across the Trust, ensuring high-quality, inclusive pastoral, spiritual, and religious care for patients, families, carers, and staff, in line with NHS England Chaplaincy Guidelines (2023) and UKBHC standards

Main duties of the job

• Leadership & Governance Lead and manage the multi-faith chaplaincy team, honorary chaplains, and volunteers. Develop, implement, and evaluate the Trust’s Spiritual Care Strategy. Ensure compliance with Equality Act 2010 and UKBHC Code of Conduct. Manage departmental budget and charitable funds.
• Lead and manage the multi-faith chaplaincy team, honorary chaplains, and volunteers.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the Trust’s Spiritual Care Strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Equality Act 2010 and UKBHC Code of Conduct.
• Manage departmental budget and charitable funds.
• Service Delivery Provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious care to patients, staff, and families. Ensure 24/7 on-call provision for urgent spiritual care needs. Organise and lead acts of worship, memorial services, and sacraments as required. Respond to referrals from clinical teams and deliver specialist spiritual care programs.
• Provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious care to patients, staff, and families.
• Ensure 24/7 on-call provision for urgent spiritual care needs.
• Organise and lead acts of worship, memorial services, and sacraments as required.
• Respond to referrals from clinical teams and deliver specialist spiritual care programs.
• Staff Wellbeing & Education Offer staff support, debriefing, and reflective practice sessions. Deliver training on spiritual care for clinical and non-clinical staff. Support suicide prevention and trauma response initiatives.
• Offer staff support, debriefing, and reflective practice sessions.
• Deliver training on spiritual care for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Support suicide prevention and trauma response initiatives.
• Partnership & Engagement Liaise with local faith and belief communities. Promote inclusive access for all religions and beliefs, including non-religious pastoral care.
• Liaise with local faith and belief communities.
• Promote inclusive access for all religions and beliefs, including non-religious pastoral care.
• Quality & Assurance Monitor service performance using UKBHC audit tools. Report to Quality & Patient Experience Committees. Maintain information governance compliance for chaplaincy records.
• Monitor service performance using UKBHC audit tools.
• Report to Quality & Patient Experience Committees.
• Maintain information governance compliance for chaplaincy records.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Leadership & Governance Lead and manage the multi-faith chaplaincy team, honorary chaplains, and volunteers. Develop, implement, and evaluate the Trust’s Spiritual Care Strategy. Ensure compliance with Equality Act 2010 and UKBHC Code of Conduct. Manage departmental budget and charitable funds.
• Lead and manage the multi-faith chaplaincy team, honorary chaplains, and volunteers.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the Trust’s Spiritual Care Strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Equality Act 2010 and UKBHC Code of Conduct.
• Manage departmental budget and charitable funds.
• Service Delivery Provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious care to patients, staff, and families. Ensure 24/7 on-call provision for urgent spiritual care needs. Organise and lead acts of worship, memorial services, and sacraments as required. Respond to referrals from clinical teams and deliver specialist spiritual care programs.
• Provide pastoral, spiritual, and religious care to patients, staff, and families.
• Ensure 24/7 on-call provision for urgent spiritual care needs.
• Organise and lead acts of worship, memorial services, and sacraments as required.
• Respond to referrals from clinical teams and deliver specialist spiritual care programs.
• Staff Wellbeing & Education Offer staff support, debriefing, and reflective practice sessions. Deliver training on spiritual care for clinical and non-clinical staff. Support suicide prevention and trauma response initiatives.
• Offer staff support, debriefing, and reflective practice sessions.
• Deliver training on spiritual care for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Support suicide prevention and trauma response initiatives.
• Partnership & Engagement Liaise with local faith and belief communities. Promote inclusive access for all religions and beliefs, including non-religious pastoral care.
• Liaise with local faith and belief communities.
• Promote inclusive access for all religions and beliefs, including non-religious pastoral care.
• Quality & Assurance Monitor service performance using UKBHC audit tools. Report to Quality & Patient Experience Committees. Maintain information governance compliance for chaplaincy records.
• Monitor service performance using UKBHC audit tools.
• Report to Quality & Patient Experience Committees.
• Maintain information governance compliance for chaplaincy records.