As of the 22nd August 2017 the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy’s (UKBHC) register has been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority PSA) under its Accredited Registers program.
The UKBHC maintains a voluntary professional register that has been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority. The Register demonstrates the accountability of healthcare chaplains to the public, to promote high standards of practice and behaviour, and to support professional regulation. Chaplains registered with the Board will be entitled to refer to themselves as a “Board Registered Chaplain”.
As visible evidence of our professional registration with UKBHC, and as approved by PSA, all fully registered chaplains are encouraged to include both UKBHC and PSA logos/quality marks as part of their email signature and on other chaplaincy communication. This helps promote the profession and gives assurance of their standing and practice.
What will it mean to be registered with UKBHC?
Board Registered Chaplains have demonstrated:
- evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria for registration;
- compliance with the professional Code of Conduct and requirements for Continuing Professional Development;
- fitness to practice;
- paid the relevant registration fee.
To maintain registration chaplains shall:
- ensure that their UKBHC record is complete, accurate and contemporary;
- maintain their CPD activity;
- comply with the professional Code of Conduct;
- pay the relevant registration fee.
How to Register
Registration is a two-part process:
- The first part involves applying for an ‘account’ with the UKBHC and paying an initial application fee, which – assuming your application is successful – will also cover your first year’s registration fee. Once your account is set up and approved you can log-in and enter all the personal and professional information in your record, which is required for registration.
- The second part involves submitting this full record for verification together with a signed Code of Conduct and acknowledgement of the terms of registration. The verification may take several weeks depending on the checks we may need to make. Once this process is complete and providing you fulfil our criteria you will be given either provisional registration if this is your first chaplaincy post, or full registration if you have held a post for at least two (2) years. See our Registration Categories and Registration Criteria for details.
- Before you Register please ensure that you have read and understood the relevant information contained on this website.
- As part of the registration process, we would invite you to complete this short anonymous demographic survey. The results will be used to see how we may provide better identify areas of unfairness in our processes, and/or barriers to registration, or education and training and to act on these.