Chaplain | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

• To identify the spiritual needs of patients, their relatives and staff, by establishing effective links with wards and units.
• To work collaboratively alongside other healthcareprofessionals.
• To be available to support staff and to work with other departments in promotingstaff well-being.
• To provide individual pastoral support to patients, relatives and staffasrequired.
• To facilitate groups for service users, relatives and staff whereappropriate.
• To maintain records of Chaplaincy interventions.
  
  Part Time Hours - 15 hours per week
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and friendly chaplain to join our chaplaincy and spiritual care team in Essex. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our mental health units, being responsible for chaplaincy provision for our patients and staff. You will be eager to work in a multi-faith and belief context with a genuine passion for serving patients and staff. This opportunity is for a chaplain who can operate as part of a team, yet must also be able to operate as an autonomous, qualified practitioner with the role to seek out and respond to the spiritual and religious needs of individuals, their carer's and staff for several sites for which they will have particular responsibility. You will be a chaplain who has a focus on delivering a high standard of compassionate patient centred care, working creatively to engage patients and staff. We are looking for a chaplain who is educated to degree level and has some experience of chaplaincy in their current setting. You will have knowledge and understanding of religious and spiritual needs in a healthcare setting and some understanding of mental health. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and are able to offer compassionate care to patients and staff. Your approach will be non-judgemental and you will have the ability to work within a multi-faith team, meeting the needs of all faiths and beliefs. You will have a friendly disposition, and will be an approachable and patient listener. Ability to participate in various teaching programmes and deliver video and audio 'thoughts for the week' for EPUT staff and hospital radio.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment Join our Staff bank What is Staff Bank? Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times. All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.