South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Chaplain/Keyworker
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Chaplain Role
We are seeking to appoint a chaplain of any faith tradition, or person with equivalent skills and experience, to join our team and to have particular responsibility for supporting families of children who are palliative or who have been bereaved, acting as their keyworker when a child dies. The post holder will be based in the SWFT chaplaincy team but will work closely with the community children’s nursing team and will be part of their MDT. They will also work closely with the acute paediatric nursing team.
They will support staff who care for very sick and dying children, and provide training for bereavement support, compassionate conversations, and staff wellbeing. They will help staff in the identification of spiritual and religious need.
We expect this unique post to be filled by a chaplain, however we recognise that there may be someone with similar skills and aptitudes, but different professional training, who may also wish to apply. We encourage all applications and welcome conversation before submitting your application.
This post will build on the foundations laid by previous post-holders and it gives opportunity for some truly creative and collaborative work to make a real difference to families who are going through very difficult and complex times.
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The Team Chaplain
The Team Chaplain is to work with the whole Chaplaincy team in the delivery of pastoral, spiritual and religious care to all patients, their relatives and staff.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
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Our Values
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rev Ricarda Witcombe
- Job title: Lead Chaplain
- Email address: ricarda.witcombe@swft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07876577993
For an informal conversation, please call Rev Ricarda Witcombe, Lead Chaplain on 07876 577993 or email ricarda.witcombe@swft.nhs.uk
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