Here at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust we are proud to provide expert care for our local population. We are ranked as third in the country for research, embedding training and education across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we.  We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger.  If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues and community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Are you passionate about making patients’ hospital stay a positive experience? Do you want to make a difference to our patients? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? 

Chaplaincy supports excellent person-centred, holistic patient care by offering compassionate pastoral, spiritual and religious support to all patients, relatives and staff.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our established chaplaincy team at QA Hospital to develop and achieve this vision. You will be working in a diverse setting, and will be required to respond to the spiritual, religious, cultural and pastoral needs of our patients, visitors, volunteers, and staff.

Working within Patient Experience Department, we are looking for a committed and passionate individual who has proven experience in a healthcare setting, good communication skills and can work in a sensitive environment.

Chaplaincy provides a 24 hour service so the successful candidate will be required to join the on-call rota in addition to their contractual hours, for which further payment will be made.

The chaplaincy team is an active and visible presence on our wards which ensures that all patients and staff have an opportunity to request and access chaplaincy support.

We have a team of chaplaincy volunteers the chaplaincy team are required to supervise and support.

If you would like to know more about the service we provide, or this post, please contact Connie Sherman, Lead Chaplain on 023 9228 6408

Qualifications

Essential

• To have degree level Ordination training or faith community equivalent
• To be licensed by the relevant faith community

Desirable

• Counselling or coaching qualification or equivalent training.

Experience

• To have experience of working in a healthcare environment
• Advanced understanding of the ethical issues relating to health care.
• Experience of collaborative team working
• Knowledge and understanding of national policies and procedures relevant to the provision of a Chaplaincy Service / Bereavement Care.
• To have highly developed specialist knowledge of spiritual care issues

Requirements of post

Essential

• Working in a Multi-professional Team
• Ability to manage a complex workload
• Ability to handle pressure
• Examples of working within an End of Life context

Desirable

• Ethical knowledge
• Ability to cope with suffering
• Ability to reflect on your own work

Hospital Chaplains work within the Patient Experience Team in fulfilling the goal of providing person-centered spiritual and pastoral care to all patients, visitors and staff, irrespective of their religion or belief in line with local and national best practice.

Applicants must have significant previous experience within Healthcare Chaplaincy, including covering urgent out of hours calls, providing staff teaching on spiritual care, delivering patient and staff support to those of all faiths and none.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.