Team Chaplain – Oncology and Palliative Care

This is a new post created to explore a specialist chaplaincy role in response to the developing palliative care work and the creation of a brand new oncology facility.

The role will be part of the Spiritual Care Team, which aims to provide Religious and Spiritual Care and support to patients, their family, carers and Trust staff - engaging with people of all faiths and none, without prejudice, fully embracing the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

The Spiritual Care Team is actively involved in all clinical and non-clinical areas within the RUH, and works closely with the Emergency Department, Elderly Care, Palliative Care, Critical Care, Oncology, Women and Children’s Services.

This is a fixed term role with the potential to become a permanent post in the future.

The successful candidate will be an excellent team player who is able to show initiative necessary when creating a new role within an organisation. You will have the ability to enable others from any faith and no faith to address their Spiritual and Religious needs in a manner consistent with their own culture, background, values and beliefs, particularly with in a palliative and oncology care context.

Situated within the beautiful city of Bath, a World Heritage site, the RUH provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in North East Somerset and Western Wiltshire, served by four Clinical Commissioning Groups.

The Trust provides 759 beds and a comprehensive range of acute services including medicine and surgery, services for women and children, accident and emergency services, and diagnostic and clinical support services. The Trust employs over 4,500 staff, some of who also provide outpatient, diagnostic and same-day case surgery services at local community hospitals in Bath & North East Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire. This fulfils part of the Trust's aim to provide high quality care to people in their local communities.

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.