# Chaplain > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chaplain/34c1a32e-f494-4d37-a14a-1cc32f96fe75 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chaplain/34c1a32e-f494-4d37-a14a-1cc32f96fe75.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £16,783 - £20,155 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: Working out of hours on-call seven days a week is essential. Able to share in out of hours on-call provision on all days of the week (Monday to Sunday) - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Office hours are 8am to 4pm weekdays. The postholder will expected to work every Friday to ensure full provision of the service. The postholder will share in the out of hours on-call provision twice per week and one weekend per month.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T00:01:22.779Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Slough/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Chaplaincy/Chaplaincy-v8022751 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8022751?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and experienced individual. They will have their main base at Wexham Park Hospital and be required to work on Fridays. Experience working in healthcare chaplaincy is  an essential requirement. They will join the Trust-wide Chaplaincy Department of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Chaplaincy Department provides pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, their relatives and carers and staff within the Trust. They will work as a generic chaplain and their approach will be person-centred and collaborative. Working well within a team is central to the role and You will work with the Lead Chaplain and the current team of Chaplains and Trust Volunteers. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has three main sites: Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey; Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire; and Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire. The Trust also provides services from a number of satellite sites including Farnham Hospital and Heathlands Centre in Bracknell and Fleet Community Hospital. Previous applicants need not apply. ### Main duties of the job Your role will involve: - Working with the current team of Chaplains and Trust Chaplaincy Volunteers in extending the provision of care in challenging situations. - Providing specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences and practices. - Sharing in daytime weekday duties which are from 8am to 4pm, with the Friday duty being a regular duty. - Sharing in the out of hours on-call rota. - You will primarily at Wexham Park Hospital but be expected to work at other sites depending on operational demands. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. ## Job Details We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and experienced individual. They will have their main base at Wexham Park Hospital and be required to work on Fridays. Experience working in healthcare chaplaincy is an essential requirement. They will join the Trust-wide Chaplaincy Department of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Chaplaincy Department provides pastoral, spiritual and religious care to patients, their relatives and carers and staff within the Trust. They will work as a generic chaplain and their approach will be person-centred and collaborative. Working well within a team is central to the role and You will work with the Lead Chaplain and the current team of Chaplains and Trust Volunteers. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has three main sites: Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey; Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire; and Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire. The Trust also provides services from a number of satellite sites including Farnham Hospital and Heathlands Centre in Bracknell and Fleet Community Hospital. Previous applicants need not apply. ## Job Description Your role will involve: Working with the current team of Chaplains and Trust Chaplaincy Volunteers in extending the provision of care in challenging situations. Providing specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences and practices. Sharing in daytime weekday duties which are from 8am to 4pm, with the Friday duty being a regular duty. Sharing in the out of hours on-call rota. You will primarily at Wexham Park Hospital but be expected to work at other sites depending on operational demands. ## Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Leadership skills - Ability to work collaboratively across faith and belief boundaries - Working knowledge of faith and belief systems other than one’s own, and the ability to apply this knowledge in a diverse context - Skilled at designing, facilitating and leading services of worship in a wide variety of settings - Digital and verbal communication skills desirable for effective communication of information within the organisation and with the public **Desirable** - Pastoral supervision skills - Volunteer management skills - Counselling skills ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent - Experience in facilitating rites and meeting spiritual needs according to service user’s own faith/belief group - Experience of training, supervising and managing volunteers - Experience in the pastoral care of bereaved people - Experience in the pastoral care of terminally ill people - Experience in crisis work such as pastoral care following traumatic injury, death and major incidents - Experience of collaborative working in a diverse multi-faith/belief setting **Desirable** - Experience of providing teaching on spiritual care to healthcare professionals - Experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy - Experience of pastoral care of staff under pressure - Experience in the pastoral care of people bereaved of children and experience of death through pregnancy loss, still birth, and neonatal death. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Formal Theological Qualification or equivalent to degree level or equivalent. - Endorsement for the role by a faith or belief group as defined by the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health. **Desirable** - Registered as a Board-Certified chaplain with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy - Member of the College of Health Care Chaplains and/or The Association for Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains - Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy - Qualification in Clinical Pastoral Education ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 262.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1513) - [chaplain band 6 jd and ps (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10309338) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.