Chaplain

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington is seeking a Band 6 Chaplain to provide compassionate spiritual care to patients, relatives and staff across the Trust.

The role includes a 24-hour on-call service, bereavement support, and partnership with local faith leaders to ensure inclusive care for all beliefs and backgrounds. The post offers the opportunity to shape chaplaincy development and service quality.

Qualifications

• Experience providing specialist spiritual, religious and pastoral care in healthcare.
• Experience facilitating rites, prayers and sacraments per patient needs.
• Experience supporting staff wellbeing through pastoral care and reflective practice.
• Experience building relationships with faith communities and organisations.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality, equality and professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual, religious and pastoral care to patients, relatives and staff.
• Conduct worship services, prayers and religious rites as required.
• Join 24-hour on-call service for urgent pastoral needs.
• Offer bereavement support and guidance to families.
• Support staff wellbeing and provide pastoral support during change.
• Lead chaplaincy colleagues and contribute to recruitment and development.

Skills

Pastoral care

Religious rites

Staff wellbeing

Multi-faith chaplaincy

Communication

Job description

Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Town Warrington Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Chaplain

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Chaplain to join the service to provide excellent pastoral, spiritual and faith based care to our patients, relatives and staff.

Main duties of the job

• Providing compassionate spiritual, religious and pastoral care to patients, relatives, staff and volunteers, regardless of faith, belief or background.
• Conducting worship services, facilitating prayer and reflection, and arranging religious rites and sacraments as required.
• Ensuring chaplaincy support is accessible throughout the Trust, including participation in a 24-hour on-call service for urgent pastoral needs.
• Offering bereavement support and guidance to families experiencing loss or significant life events.
• Supporting the spiritual wellbeing of staff and teams, including providing pastoral support during challenging situations.
• Leading, supervising and supporting chaplaincy colleagues, volunteers and bank chaplains, including involvement in recruitment, induction, appraisal and development activities.
• Working collaboratively with local faith leaders, community organisations and healthcare colleagues to ensure inclusive care for people of all faiths and beliefs.
• Contributing to the planning, development and continuous improvement of chaplaincy services across the Trust.
• Supporting service audits, research activities and quality improvement initiatives to enhance spiritual care provision.
• Assisting with budget management, preparing reports, contributing to Trust committees and helping to develop chaplaincy strategy.
• Supporting the Trust's response to major incidents and ensuring chaplaincy services are prepared to meet emergency and crisis situations.

Working for our organisation

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:

• Kind – we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
• Open – we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair – we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team – we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Band 6 Chaplain is responsible for the provision and further development of the Chaplaincy Service within North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust.

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Person specification

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of providing specialist spiritual, religious and pastoral care to patients, families, carers and staff within healthcare settings.
• Experience of facilitating religious rites(appropriate to your faith), prayers, blessings, sacraments, memorial services and acts of worship appropriate to patient needs, preferences and faith traditions.
• Experience of supporting staff wellbeing through pastoral care, reflective practice, remembrance services, critical incident support and periods of organisational change.
• Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with faith communities, community organisations and religious leaders to enhance patient care and support timely referrals.

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, equality, diversity, inclusion and professional boundaries within healthcare practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of faith-specific requirements and the practical provision of multi-faith spiritual care.
• Knowledge of delivering education, presentations and training relating to spiritual care, religion, belief, bereavement and pastoral support.
• Demonstrable ability to develop innovative approaches which enhance patient experience and improve access to spiritual care services.

Values

• Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates an inclusive, culturally sensitive and non-judgemental approach to spiritual care.
• Flexible and responsive to changing clinical and organisational demands.
• Compassionate, resilient and emotionally intelligent practitioner.

Further Information

NCM hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of criteria that must be met and not all roles are eligible. You can find more information on the Government website

Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

All advertised roles may close early if there are high numbers of suitable candidates.

Pre‑employment checks for applicants with previous NHS service will include confirmation of any Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS), Voluntary Redundancy or Compulsory Redundancy payments received.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

This vacancy is due to close on the advertised date. However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.