Trust Chaplain

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a qualified Trust Chaplain in York, working part-time on a flexible rota. Applicants must hold a relevant honors degree and have substantial pastoral experience. The role includes supporting spiritual needs and participating in on-call duties. This position offers various staff benefits including holidays, NHS pension scheme, and continuous professional development.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday

Extensive learning opportunities

Relocation package

Qualifications

• Substantial recent pastoral experience in a local faith community is essential.
• Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognized faith community.
• Experience supervising students and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Respond to spiritual and religious needs of individuals, patients, and staff.
• Participate in out-of-hours on call rota and weekend cover.
• Contribute to the Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team.

Skills

Pastoral care

Counseling

Religious studies

Psychology

Education

Honours degree relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy

Ordination or pastoral worker accreditation

Additional pastoral training qualification

Job description

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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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York, United Kingdom

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Posted:

09.08.2025

Expiry Date:

23.09.2025

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Job overview

Trust Chaplain – Part Time post (1 day per week) based at York Hospital - Band 6 + unsocial hours and on call payments

Main area: Chaplain

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 7.5hours per week (working 1 day a week on a flexible rota, including out-of-hours on call and weekend cover)

Site: The base location is the York Hospital

A chaplain is needed to support the work of the Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be based at the York Hospital site but be part of the Trust wide team, working 1 day a week (0.2wte) on a flexible rota.

As an autonomous, qualified practitioner the role is to seek out and respond to the pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of individuals, their carers and staff. In addition, the chaplain will also be expected to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota including weekend cover.

The Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team, of which the Chaplain will be a member, provides for the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of patients, staff and visitors within the Trust.

The team’s aim is to offer support which is sensitive, appropriate to individual need and which upholds our Trust Values and Behaviours.

Main duties of the job

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent work or life experience) with demonstrable learning in a relevant field such as counselling, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy, religious studies or theology.

Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognized/established sponsoring faith community or belief group.

Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent is essential together with chaplaincy experience within the NHS or within a related acute healthcare setting.

Based at York hospital you will work on a flexible rota within the Chaplaincy team across all Trust sites and will receive full support, training and supervision.

You will be working across the Trust so the successful applicant will be required to regularly travel to our different sites. You will have access to a Trust pool car to travel away from your base location, however there may be times one is not available so you will need to be a car owner/driver or have access to a motor vehicle as the role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport.

Working for our organisation

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: .

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to honours degree or equivalent in a subject relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy.
• Qualification relevant to the role: Ordination or recognised pastoral worker accreditation in good standing with the appropriate authorising faith community or belief group.
• Additional counselling or pastoral training qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development in subjects relevant to Healthcare Chaplaincy

Experience

• Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
• Authorised to plan and conduct pastorally sensitive ceremonies/ rituals/services as situation demands
• Ability to perform the key duties and responsibilities in the job description
• Religious skills and competencies relevant to the role and appropriate to one’s faith or belief identity
• Experience of supervising students and volunteers

Pastoral skills and knowledge

• Commitment to working in a multi-religion and belief group way with openness to the views and doubts of others and a willingness to pastorally care for people of all faiths and no faith.
• Experience and skills in pastoral care and in liturgical matters, to meet the full range of spiritual needs identified in this job description