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Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced healthcare chaplain with a track record of providing spiritual, pastoral and religious care (SPaRC) in an NHS healthcare setting. This role will involve supporting the development, delivery and implementation of the Trust’s Spiritual Care Policy.
You will be a Trust resource providing specialist knowledge and expertise on matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, pastoral and ethical issues. You will always seek to uphold the Trust values of Excellent, Kind and Together.
This role requires working across the Trust in clinical and non-clinical areas with patients, staff and visitors. It includes responding to referrals and being a proactive presence on the wards. You will provide a flexible, responsive service of spiritual, pastoral, and religious care to patients, visitors and staff whatever their beliefs, culture or lifestyle.
Working as a team; with your Chaplaincy colleagues, alongside internal Trust staff and with external faith and belief communities you will provide high quality SPaRC care.
As part of the 24/7 provision that the Chaplaincy Service provides you will work across a 7 day a week rota providing an on-site chaplaincy presence; (core hours 08:30-16:30) with emergency out of hour on-call; (16:30-08:30) from home.
Main duties of the job
The chaplain supports the development, delivery and implementation of the Trust’s Spiritual Care Policy which provides spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, staff and visitors of UHNM Trust.
The Chaplain provides high quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to service users of all faith and beliefs.
The Chaplain provides specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences, practices and ethical issues.
The chaplain contributes to a high quality of bereavement care being provided by the Trust.
The chaplain supports the development of sustainable and creative relationships between their own faith/belief community and the UHNM Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detail. Contact the Chaplaincy service with any questions.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Hospital Chaplain with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke On Trent, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: The post holder(s) will work across 7 days and be part of an out of hours (16:30-08:30) emergency 24/7 rota. The application deadline is 31 May 2026.
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