Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Chaplain
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About the Role
Our dedicated Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team is seeking chaplains to join us in enhancing and developing the pastoral, spiritual, and religious care services we provide. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a supportive and diverse environment. We work in a variety of contexts covering all age groups including mental-health inpatient units, general (community) hospitals, and community mental-health teams.
We welcome applications from people of all faiths and belief backgrounds who hold the appropriate qualifications. We are actively looking to foster inclusivity and broaden the diversity of our team.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with our existing chaplains, you will provide spiritual and pastoral support to patients, carers, and staff from various backgrounds, delivering religious care as applicable to your own faith or belief tradition.
- The primary duty of the chaplain is to offer spiritual and pastoral care to inpatients, community service users, families, carers, and Trust staff in coordination with the rest of the Spiritual and Pastoral Care team.
- Chaplains are expected to assess spiritual, pastoral, and religious needs and either to offer religious care where appropriate or to make onward referrals to ensure these needs are provided for.
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Qualifications and Requirements
All applications will be considered based only on the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification attached. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the job description.
Benefits
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
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Working Conditions
We offer flexible part-time or full-time positions, with negotiable working hours to suit your schedule. The primary base for this role will be the Littlemore Mental Health Centre in Oxford but with additional travel required across the Trust including Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and further afield.
Our Vision
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our Values
“Caring, safe and excellent”
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Andrew Williams
- Job title: Head of Spiritual and Pastoral Care
- Email address: andrew.williams@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01865 90 2760
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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