Spiritual Care Advisor

Bolton Hospice; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A local hospice organization in Bolton is seeking a proactive individual to provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families. The role involves delivering care in collaboration with the clinical team, responding to referrals, and offering religious care when needed. Applicants should be empathic, have experience in spiritual care, and possess good communication and IT skills. The position is part-time, requiring three days a week from 8 am to 4 pm, with flexibility expected.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of spiritual care.
• Understanding of spiritual needs.
• Ability to work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Organize and deliver spiritual and emotional care.
• Respond to referrals from patients and families.
• Work alongside the clinical team.

Skills

Experience in spiritual care

Teamwork

Good interpersonal skills

Good communication skills

Empathetic approach

Good IT skills

Job description

We are currently seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive individual to provide effective spiritual and emotional support to all patients who have hospice care as well as offering support to their families, friends and staff.

(3 days a week 8am – 4pm, Wed – Fri)

The Role

The post holder will undertake a varied role within the hospice organizing and delivering appropriate spiritual and emotional care for patients, families, carers and staff. The successful candidate will work daytime hours as above. However, flexibility may be required so that the Hospice has sufficient cover during the week. This will be done working alongside the Spiritual Care, Bereavement Support and Counselling Lead. The role will include responding to referrals from the inpatient unit, wellbeing hub and outpatients for those who require support. This role requires working alongside other staff in the clinical team and regular visits to all clinical areas. This role may include offering religious care when needed or being able to access the appropriate religious care when asked.

What you need:

We are looking for someone with experience and knowledge of spiritual care. An understanding of spiritual needs is required. You must be able to work well in a team and have good interpersonal and communication skills, along with a non-judgmental and empathetic approach. You will need to have good IT skills to access and input appropriate documentation required for the role. Flexibility and a commitment to the vision and values of Bolton Hospice are essential.

For an informal discussion about the role and working for Bolton Hospice, please email a request to [e-mail] and a member of the team will be in touch.

Closing date for Applications: Friday 20th February 2026

This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Bolton Hospice welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, marital status or sexual orientation. Any appointment will be made on merit alone. Any offer of employment for this post will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.Bolton Hospice has a No Smoking Policy.