Trust / Site Chaplain | Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust/Site Chaplain co-ordinates a team of Volunteer Chaplains that provides pastoral, religious and spiritual support for patients, relatives and staff within Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.

Patients, especially those in severe distress

Provide pastoral, religious and spiritual support for patients and relatives, especially the seriously ill, the dying and the bereaved, ensuring the support is available at all times and is provided by the team of on-call volunteer chaplains, which includes the Trust/Site Chaplain., UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.

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Patients, especially those in severe distress

Provide pastoral, religious and spiritual support for patients and relatives, especially the seriously ill, the dying and the bereaved, ensuring the support is available at all times and is provided by the team of on-call volunteer chaplains, which includes the Trust/Site Chaplain.

Chaplains will be required to offer support to the distressed parents of seriously ill, still born, or miscarried babies. The chaplains may be requested to baptise or bless babies. At times, pastoral support will be required for couples who face difficult decisions about their baby.

Chaplains are available to help bereaved parents choose a suitable ceremony for their baby. The chaplain may lead that ceremony for them or involve the appropriate parish clergy.

It is essential that the deceased, whether adults or babies, are treated with respect and dignity. The Trust/Site Chaplain will be involved in the provision of memorial services that relate to baby loss.

Regularly visit patients on the wards. Provide sacraments at the bedside as required. Keep records of all significant encounters with patients during these visits. It is also essential that accurate records are kept of callouts, blessings, baptisms, funerals or other public ceremonies.

The Trust/Site Chaplain must ensure that all chaplains respect the requirements of confidentiality and data protection.

Staff

Provide pastoral and spiritual support to staff whose duties daily involve the care of the seriously ill, the dying and the bereaved.

The Chaplain will be aware of the Cultural and religious diversity of our staff.

Meet the faith requirements of patients and staff within the Trust. When necessary, theTrust/Site Chaplain should liaise with other appropriate faith representatives.

Be familiar with the main religious faiths found in a modern multi-cultural society and be a resource within the Trust with this knowledge.

Other responsibilities

Maintain and develop their spiritual and theological skills through prayer, study, analysis and interpretation. Lead chaplaincy team meetings and encourage training, so that other chaplains develop their own ministry within the hospital.

Ensure that the chaplaincy team complies with Trust policies and procedures, mandatory training requirements, and codes of conduct and accountability. The Trust/Site Chaplain will support in the development of an annual report and will promote the Chaplaincy service both internal and external to the Trust.

The Trust/Site Chaplain may occasionally be required to handle small collections and donations

Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part ofNHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG)in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.