1. Please provide information on whether your NHS Trust currently employ any individuals for the purpose of ‘spiritual care’ and/or, ‘pastoral care’ – if applicable, please indicate which denomination each employee belongs to.
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust employs a multi-faith chaplaincy team that provides a full range of religious, spiritual and pastoral care to patients and staff. The denominations are;
Church of England – 2
Pentecostal – 1
Roman Catholic – 3
Muslim – 2
In addition the Trust has access to multi-faith Bank Chaplains who support the chaplaincy team in providing out of hours service as required.
2. Please list the specific job titles and, salary figures (per annum or pro rota) for each respective individual; detailing which are part-time and full-time roles.
Generic Health Care Chaplain, Full- time, Band 6
Generic Health Care Chaplain, Part –time, Band 6
Generic Health Care Chaplain, Part- time, Band 6
Roman Catholic Health Care Chaplain , Part –time, Band 6
Roman Catholic Health Care Chaplain , Part –time, Band 6
Roman Catholic Health Care Chaplain , Part –time, Band 5
Muslim Cleric, Part- time, Band 6
Muslim Cleric, Part- time, Band 5
3. Please provide details on whether NHS Trust have a specific budget for the purpose of ‘spiritual care’ or ‘pastoral care’ and, if so, please detail the total amount (£).
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Multi-faith Chaplaincy service has annual budget of £235,651