# Generic Chaplain > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/generic-chaplain/b747f56a-8f2c-46b3-93b1-e7010281a039 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/generic-chaplain/b747f56a-8f2c-46b3-93b1-e7010281a039.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Hatfield - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Days negotiable, but wednesdays and/or thursdays preferred as one of the working days.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-31T13:30:45.630Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Radlet/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Chaplaincy/Chaplaincy-v8163850 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8163850?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will act as a generic chaplain within the spiritual care team for 15 hours a week. Working alongside the current chaplains and the spiritual care service manager, the chaplain will have primary responsibility for the delivery of pastoral and spiritual care to service users, families & carers, and staff attached to a number of community teams and at several Trust inpatient units across the trust footprint. All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity ### Main duties of the job - contribute to the provision of generic pastoral and spiritual care on agreed inpatient units via a structured, flexible weekly or fortnightly timetable of visits - establish and develop relationships with community teams at the base(s) relating to this post, take referrals and establish pastoral and spiritual care as a component within the care of community service users - manage an extensive case load sometimes involving complex psychological and spiritual needs - lone work where required in accordance with Trust protocols - where requested, offer confidential pastoral care to staff on an individual basis - participate fully in the planning, development and evaluation of the spiritual care service - work collaboratively alongside the Trust chaplains in ensuring the effective and comprehensive provision of pastoral and spiritual care across Hertfordshire - where appropriate for the ongoing care of patients/service users and families/carers, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with local third sector organisations that provide related pastoral support within the community - conduct themselves in accordance with the principles of the national standards and code of conduct relating to The Council of Professional Chaplains and Pastoral Carers (formally UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy) - continue maintain up to date mandatory and other training requirements associated with both your substantive role and that of the secondment ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities In order to meet the needs of staff, service users, carers and relatives the post holder will: - contribute to the provision of generic pastoral and spiritual care on agreed inpatient units via a structured, flexible weekly or fortnightly timetable of visits - establish and develop relationships with community teams at the base(s) relating to this post, take referrals from them and establish pastoral and spiritual care as a component within the care of community service users - manage an extensive case load sometimes involving complex psychological and spiritual needs - lone work where required in accordance with Trust protocols - where requested, offer confidential pastoral care to staff on an individual basis - participate fully in the planning, development and evaluation of the spiritual care service - work collaboratively alongside the Trust chaplains in ensuring the effective and comprehensive provision of pastoral and spiritual care across Hertfordshire - where appropriate for the ongoing care of patients/service users and families/carers, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with local third sector organisations that provide related pastoral support within the community - conduct themselves in accordance with the principles of the national standards and code of conduct relating to healthcare chaplaincy - continue to meet and maintain up to date mandatory and other training requirements associated with both your substantive role and that of the secondment ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Appropriate registration, or eligible for registration - Experience of generic chaplaincy - Educated to degree level in a health care, theological, ministry or allied discipline - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Experience of mental health or learning disability services ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Broad based clinical experience across a range of settings. - Post -qualification experience working in a mental health and/or learning disability care environment - Evidence of effective listening skills **Desirable** - Proven pastoral counselling skills - Experience of developing and facilitating staff training courses ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Experience of providing support to people using healthcare services both on an individual and group basis. - Experience of using Microsoft Office programmes – e.g. word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Email and Callender functions – for regular and real-time communication - Report writing **Desirable** - Experience of working with a range of professionals to find solutions to complex problems. ## Documents - [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083) - [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10504490) - [guidance on ai usage in job applications (pdf, 55.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2305) ## 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.