The Register
The creation and maintaining of a register of healthcare chaplains is a core function of the UKBHC, supporting the professional regulation agenda of this body.
The UKBHC is authorised by the professional associations of healthcare chaplains in the UK, through a memorandum of understanding, to create and maintain a professional register in order to demonstrate the accountability of healthcare chaplains to the patients and their carers, to employers and to colleagues in healthcare chaplaincy and in other healthcare professions. The maintaining of a register will, in turn, promote high standards of practice and behaviour and support professional regulation. Chaplains approved by the Board will be entitled to refer to themselves as a ‘Board Registered Chaplain’.
The UKBHC holds the professional register of chaplains with the authority of the following professional associations of healthcare chaplains:
Chaplains may be members of a professional association but will be registered with UKBHC. (In a similar way in which for example a dietician may be a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC)).
A ‘Board Registered Chaplain’ has demonstrated:
- Completion of eligibility requirements
- Evidence of competent practice
- Fitness to practise
- Compliance with the professional Code of Conduct and requirements for Continuing Professional Development
Full registration status would indicate that a Chaplain is working within the professional parameters set down by the UKBHC and is deemed fit to practise. In order to maintain registration a chaplain needs to demonstrate:
- Complete, accurate and contemporary personal record
- A Continuing Professional Development activity log
- No known professional misconduct issues
A chaplain may have a different registration status, including ‘Registered with conditions’, ‘Suspended’, ‘Removed’ or ‘Not Registered’.
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