Chaplain

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Burton-on-Trent seeks a Band 6 Chaplain to provide sensitive spiritual, pastoral, and religious care to patients and staff. The ideal candidate will have healthcare chaplaincy experience and accreditation to practice as a faith leader. The position requires availability for weekend shifts and on-call duties.

Benefits

Development opportunities for professional and leadership growth

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Healthcare chaplaincy experience or equivalent pastoral experience required.
• Accreditation as a religion or belief leader is necessary.
• Ability to facilitate religious rites is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Participate in 24-hour on-call cover for pastoral and spiritual care needs.
• Deliver training and supervise students in the chaplaincy.

Skills

Active Listening

Crisis Management

Education

Accredited training/qualification in a Chaplaincy related subject

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Main area Chaplaincy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.5 hours per week (Availability for weekend working and overnight on-call provision required) Job ref 320-TWS-BUR-2012

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen's Hospital Burton Town Burton On Trent Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata pa Salary period Hourly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 15/07/2025

Chaplain

Band 6

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

The Spiritual and pastoral care team currently has a vacancy for a Band 6 Chaplain.

Applicants will need to demonstrate either healthcare chaplaincy experience, or equivalent pastoral experience, with an aptitude for sensitive pastoral working in this context.

Applicants will have accreditation/ licensing with authority to practice as a religion or belief (including non-religious beliefs) leader/ representative and/or pastoral worker.

Role based at Queen’s Hospital, Burton the Chaplain must be prepared to work at any of the 5 sites across the Trust.

Availability for weekend working and overnight 'on-call' is required. (able to be on-site within 60 minutes).

As a member of the Spiritual and Pastoral Care team you will assist in the delivery of appropriate and sensitive spiritual, pastoral and religious care. Provision is for patients, staff and visitors across the Trust and offered equally for those of any particular faith/belief and those who do not identify with any.

The role requires a person-centred approach with active listening skills, from an experienced and proficient pastoral practitioner. It requires an ability to facilitate religious rites and sacraments. Chaplains practice in accordance with the Guidelines and Code of conduct of the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Main duties of the job

Chaplains share in the provision of 24-hour on-call cover; assessing and providing pastoral, spiritual, and religious care needs. Scheduled interactions, crisis situations; and responding to emergency calls are part of the role. It also includes delivering training, supervising students, developing the chaplaincy service within the Trust and working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals. Frequent involvement in end-of-life care is to be expected, including peri-natal loss and conducting baby funerals.

Closing Date of Applications: 1 July 2025

Interview Date: 15 July 2025

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

• Accreditation/ licensing with authority to practice as a religion or belief (including non-religious beliefs) leader/ representative and/or pastoral worker. EITHER Anglican, eligible to be authorised by the relevant Bishop. OR: Free Church (Member of Churches Together in England), eligible for authorisation by appropriate Church authority. OR: Roman Catholic, in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church and suitable for nomination and mandating by the Bishop of Nottingham. OR: A Faith/Belief Leader and/or pastoral worker authorised by their Faith/Belief community (Recognised by Network for Pastoral, Spiritual, and Religious Care.)
• Accredited training/qualification (normally degree level or higher) in a Chaplaincy related subject
• Evidence of further counselling skills supported by appropriate training.

Experience and Knowledge

• Evidence of recent pastoral experience in local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
• Evidence of healthcare chaplaincy OR of providing spiritual and pastoral care in a non-religious setting.
• Able to support and facilitate sacraments/rites and spiritual needs according to service user’s own faith/belief group.
• Experience of collaborative working in a multi-faith/belief setting.
• Understanding of current issues in NHS

Skills and ability

• Effective in crisis work. eg. responding appropriately to patients and relatives following traumatic injury or death, or in the event of a major incident.
• Experience of reflection on professional and pastoral practice both individually and within a team.
• Evidence of using different IT applications, Microsoft Office (ie. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Publisher

Other requirements

• Car driver with current licence or ability to reach any of the Trust hospital sites within agreed response time frame (1 hour) when on-call,.
• Availability for weekend working day time shifts and overnight- on-call.
• Eligible for registration with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplains

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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• the points-based immigration system
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.

Name Andrew Keith Job title Chaplaincy Service Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07385 141595 Additional information

For further details or to arrange an informal visit please contact

Andrew Keith (Chaplaincy Service Manager) 8am-4pm Monday to Friday, contact details as above