Job overview

Our dedicated Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team is seeking chaplains to join us in enhancing and developing the pastoral, spiritual, and religious care services we provide. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a supportive and diverse environment.

We welcome applications from individuals of all faiths and belief backgrounds who hold the appropriate qualifications. To foster inclusivity and broaden the diversity of our team, we encourage applications from those coming from a faith or belief other than Christianity, and particularly from Muslim applicants.

All applications will be considered based only on the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification attached. In collaboration with our existing chaplains, you will provide spiritual and pastoral support to individuals from various backgrounds, delivering religious care as applicable to your own faith or belief tradition.

We offer flexible part-time or full-time positions, with negotiable working hours to suit your schedule. The primary base for this role will be the Littlemore Mental Health Centre in Oxford but with some travel required across the Trust including Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and further afield.

If you are a compassionate, qualified professional eager to make a difference and be part of an inspiring team, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The primary duty of the chaplain is to offer spiritual and pastoral care to inpatients, community service users, families, carers and Trust staff in coordination with the rest of the Spiritual and Pastoral Care team. Chaplains are expected to assess spiritual, pastoral and religious needs and either to offer religious care where appropriate or to make onward referrals to ensure these needs are provided for. 

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties 

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups