# Chaplain

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Warrington Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Chaplain
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 29 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T13:58:18.717Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8359989
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8359989?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

### 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.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Values

**Essential**

- - 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.

**Desirable**

- - Compassionate, resilient and emotionally intelligent practitioner.

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- - 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.

**Desirable**

- - Demonstrable ability to develop innovative approaches which enhance patient experience and improve access to spiritual care services.

### Experience

**Essential**

- - 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.

**Desirable**

- - Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with faith communities, community organisations and religious leaders to enhance patient care and support timely referrals.

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10689827)
- [ncm staff benefits (pdf, 3.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2892)
- [ncm recruitment overview for candidates (pdf, 126.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3031)

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