Job summary
Are you passionate about bringing hope, compassion, and spiritual support to those in need? We are looking for a dedicated Catholic Chaplain to join our Chaplaincy team at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDASH), where your presence and care will make a real difference every day.
At RDASH, you will be part of a supportive, multi-faith chaplaincy team committed to excellence in spiritual care. You will work in a diverse and inclusive environment where your voice and expertise are valued.
If you are ready to bring your gifts and calling into a role that could contribute to the spiritual care of many lives, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As a Catholic Chaplain, you will:
Provide and facilitate spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for patients, families, staff, students, and visitors.
Manage your own caseload, supporting individuals with diverse and complex needs across our Trust and the services it delivers.
Contribute to the growth and development of the Chaplaincy Department, working collaboratively with colleagues of all faiths and beliefs.
Take part in projects directed by the Lead Chaplain, helping shape how chaplaincy responds to the challenges of modern healthcare.
Serve as a specialist resource for the Trust on spiritual, ethical, and religious matters, offering guidance and insight where it is most needed.
Provide one-to-one and group pastoral support, prayer, and sacramental ministry for patients, staff, and families.
Respond sensitively to people in crisis, offering reassurance, listening, and comfort in often complex and emotionally demanding situations.
Work with patients who present with diverse and sometimes challenging mental health or learning disability needs, adapting your approach to meet them where they are.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Accreditation/ licensing with authority to practice as a religion or belief (including non-religious beliefs) leader/ representative and/or pastoral worker.
- Further counselling skills supported by appropriate training
Experience
Essential
- Substantial, recent pastoral experience in local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
- Significant experience of healthcare chaplaincy OR of providing spiritual and pastoral care in a non-religious setting.
- Sufficient experience and understanding of spiritual, religious and pastoral care in the healthcare chaplaincy setting to advise colleagues on spiritual and religious care, and ethical and care issues.
- Experience of reflection on professional and pastoral practice both individually and within a team
- Experience of working within data protection and information governance policies
- Experience of providing education, training and supervision in a workplace setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of professional and legal requirements relating to safe and effective practice working with service users and colleagues eg. Safeguarding
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Accreditation/ licensing with authority to practice as a religion or belief (including non-religious beliefs) leader/ representative and/or pastoral worker.
- Further counselling skills supported by appropriate training
Experience
Essential
- Substantial, recent pastoral experience in local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
- Significant experience of healthcare chaplaincy OR of providing spiritual and pastoral care in a non-religious setting.
- Sufficient experience and understanding of spiritual, religious and pastoral care in the healthcare chaplaincy setting to advise colleagues on spiritual and religious care, and ethical and care issues.
- Experience of reflection on professional and pastoral practice both individually and within a team
- Experience of working within data protection and information governance policies
- Experience of providing education, training and supervision in a workplace setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of professional and legal requirements relating to safe and effective practice working with service users and colleagues eg. Safeguarding
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
