Muslim Hospital Chaplain (Imam)

Part time- 25 hours per week worked over 4 days. Must include Fridays, on-call 1 in 4 weekends and some public holidays., We are looking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced Muslim Chaplain (Imam) to join the Chaplaincy team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

The post requires a Muslim Chaplain with appropriate training, experience and qualifications who will work alongside Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) and within a Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Team. The job holder will provide for the spiritual and religious care of patients and staff in the Muslim faith tradition and provide appropriate pastoral care for all, irrespective of faith or tradition.

The post holder will be part of a developing team of chaplains and chaplaincy volunteers who will work collaboratively with the team, under the supervision of the Trust Lead Chaplain. The role will require providing cover for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital and being on-site during core office hours.

Main duties of the job

To be a member of the multi-faith hospital chaplaincy team offering pastoral, spiritual and religious care to all patients, visitors and staff.

To provide specialist pastoral, spiritual and religious advice and care for Muslim patients, families and staff.

Maintain, participate in and develop pastoral, spiritual and religious care in the Trust through providing support, training and facilitation of reflective practice, including ethical considerations for all staff under the guidance of the Lead Chaplain.

To assist with the supervision and direction of chaplaincy support for all, including recruitment, training, and support of chaplaincy volunteers.

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.