Chaplaincy Volunteer

The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers Pastoral, Spiritual, and Religious Care service at all its hospitals. The Chaplaincy team aim to provide access to this care to patients, relatives, carers, and staff.

A Chaplaincy volunteer provides a regular frontline chaplaincy presence on an assigned ward or directed to visit specific individuals by the Chaplain.

We ask that chaplaincy ward volunteers are:

• rooted in a personal faith or conviction that sustains their personal integrity and can articulate their faith or belief whilst respecting other’s views.

• not compelled by a personal doctrine of faith that seeks to evangelise or proselytize

• a member in good standing within their faith or belief group.

Applicants who are successful at the interview stage of the process, will be required to provide proof of identity as outlined in the application form, along with a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check, Occupational Health check, an acceptable reference and complete mandatory online training modules.

The Trust requires all volunteers to demonstrate the following Trust Values:

We are KIND; this means we:

• respect and value each other;

• treat each other fairly;

• are helpful and seek help when we need it.

We are OPEN; this means we:

• listen, making sure we truly understand the point of view of others;

• work collaboratively, to deliver the best possible outcomes;

• are inclusive, demonstrating everyone’s voice matters.

We pursue EXCELLENCE; this means we:

• are professional and take pride in our work, always seeking to do our best;

• demonstrate integrity, always seeking to do the right thing;

• are ambitious, we suggest new ideas and find ways to take them forward, and we support others to do the same.

There are vacancies for Chaplaincy Volunteers in a variety of sites across the Trust.