Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Manager

The Corporate Nursing Team are looking to recruit a qualified and experienced Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Manager within the Patient Experience and Engagement Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced hospital chaplain to join a busy fast paced team which provides religious, spiritual care and pastoral support across our inpatient services at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospital sites for both our staff, our patients, carers and public, irrespective of faith and tradition.

The post requires a healthcare chaplain with the appropriate training, experience and qualifications who will work alongside multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) and within a multi-faith chaplaincy team. The post holder will be expected to work under pressure, adapting to a busy and demanding workplace. A flexible approach is necessary as the post involves working across 5 days with rostered on call duties which will involve working unsocial hours, i.e. weekends, bank holidays and nights.

The post holder will manage a developing team of hospital chaplains and chaplaincy volunteers who work collaboratively with clinical and corporate teams. The role will require proving cover at our inpatient hospitals at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh and being on site during core office hours, the main base is at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.

Main duties of the job

To provide spiritual, pastoral and religious care to meet the needs of patients, staff, students and visitors of Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS FT

Responsibility for own caseload of patients with wide-ranging spiritual, pastoral and religious needs

Line management of the chaplaincy and Spiritual Care team

To contribute to leadership of Quality, particularly improvement of Patient Experience and governance; research, service review and service audit in line with UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy UKBHC

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.