Entry Level Chaplain Bank - Band 5

As a chaplain you will support the work of the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Department and be responsible for visiting in-patient services and community sites across the Trust when requested by the senior chaplains. You will be part of a small but innovative and enthusiastic team that provides pastoral and spiritual care across the Trust.

An NHS Chaplain promotes pastoral and spiritual wellbeing for patients, service users, staff and carers. They provide support for people in distressing or traumatic situations when they are often at their most vulnerable or in crisis.

Main duties of the job

Forms good working relationships with staff, patients, service users and carers

Responds to requests for chaplaincy support either by referral or when attending the wards

May be requested to attend MDT meetings and ward reviews

Will attend Chaplaincy update meetings

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.