Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Chaplain
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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established multi-faith team working in Salford Royal Hospital. You will respond to the diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and pastoral needs of patients, visitors, and staff. You will be highly motivated, knowledgeable, compassionate, diplomatic, and creative; an excellent listener and communicator, with a non-judgmental calm and confident approach. We are looking for an Ordained or Lay faith leader in good standing with and endorsed by the Church of England or Free Churches Group of Churches Together in England with extensive pastoral experience.
Previous experience of healthcare chaplaincy and the NHS is desirable but not essential, and the post is an ideal training opportunity in which to develop experience of working as a Chaplain in the NHS as an entry into professional chaplaincy. The successful applicant will benefit from training and supervision. Engaged in self-reflection and developing your spiritual care skills, you will be eligible to work towards UKBHC registration.
Key Responsibilities
The Chaplain will:
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- Provide pastoral, emotional, spiritual, and religious care for patients, visitors, and staff;
- Identify spiritual, cultural, and religious needs and provide/facilitate appropriate care;
- Visit wards and units, and have a designated focus within the hospital;
- Provide insights and spiritual/religious care to all, specializing in caring for those from an Anglican or Free Church tradition;
- Lead and facilitate worship and prayer;
- Support chaplaincy volunteers;
- Share in staffing the on-call rota (out of hours). You must be able to travel to all NCA hospital sites (Salford Royal, Royal Oldham, Fairfield General (Bury) or Rochdale Infirmary) within an hour of being paged.
Requirements
You Must Be
- Committed to delivering compassionate and person-focused care.
- Non-judgmental, flexible, calm, and confident in approach.
- Knowledgeable about religious and belief-based care within and beyond your own tradition.
- Committed to the Trust values.
- Motivated to deliver the highest standard of spiritual care at all times.
About the Organization
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organizations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 23,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford, and Oldham. The sheer size, scale, and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer group-wide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated, and engaged team. We believe in Saving and Improving Lives, and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rev Natalie Hackett
- Job title: Chaplaincy Assistant Manager
- Email address: natalie.hackett@nca.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0161 206 5167
Informal conversations are welcome for those exploring this position. Please ring or email the Chaplaincy Assistant Manager to arrange.
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