Lead Chaplain

The postholder is responsible for leading the delivery of Chaplaincy and associated services across all sites. They will also be responsible for developing a Trust Policy on Spiritual Care. The postholder will manage departmental budget, offices, staff, volunteers and the chaplaincy services based at all Trust Hospital and Hospice sites. The post holder will ensure appropriate teams are in place to deliver both planned and 24/7 emergency support to patients and relatives.Main duties of the job 1. Communication. The postholder is responsible for complex communication, both across the Trust when developing communication on difficult or sensitive matters, but also in direct patient care situations where sensitivity is essential and emptions are extreme (e.g. surrounding traumatic death or child loss) External communication is also required with faith communities and with media (in liaison with the communications team) 2. Knowledge training and experience. As lead for the service, there is an expectation that the postholder will have experience both of leading a team and delivering chaplaincy care across a range of settings. 3. Analysis and judgement required. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate an ability to make very difficult judgements on complex issues and determine a course of action for themselves, their team or indeed the organisation as a whole. 4. Broad strategic longer-term planning. The post holder is central to planning delivery of chaplaincy care (in its broadest sense) across all sites, including MDT working models, work with faith and belief communities and working agreements with other trusts /hospice provision., The postholder is responsible for leading the delivery of Chaplaincy and associated services across all sites. They will also be responsible for developing a Trust Policy on Spiritual Care. The postholder will manage departmental budget, offices, staff, volunteers and the chaplaincy services based at all Trust Hospital and Hospice sites. The post holder will ensure appropriate teams are in place to deliver both planned and 24/7 emergency support to patients and relatives.

• Proven responsibility for professional leadership and operational management of a diverse group., Postgraduate qualification in Healthcare Chaplaincy or related subject such as Psychospiritual Care., Relevant degree plus experience managing chaplaincy provision.
• Endorsed by an appropriate or recognised faith or belief organisation to operate in healthcare chaplaincy settings as set out in Job Description.
Desirable criteria
• Qualification (or working towards) in pastoral supervision, coaching, management, or leadership.
• Planning and delivering successful organisational change and/or service improvement.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.