# Hospital Chaplain > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/hospital-chaplain/b56fe437-1a03-4ea7-9354-517877aa4f7f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/hospital-chaplain/b56fe437-1a03-4ea7-9354-517877aa4f7f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust - **Town:** Stoke On Trent - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** 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 - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 12 sessions per week (There are 2 posts. 1 is for a Fulltime permanent hospital chaplain and 1 is part time - 2 sessions of hospital chaplain(s) time, temporarily. Separate job descriptions have been attached.) - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T16:11:49.327Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stoke_on_Trent/University_Hospitals_North_Midlands_NHS_Trust/Chaplaincy_Spiritual_Pastoral_Religious_Care/Chaplaincy_Spiritual_Pastoral_Religious_Care-v8034551 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034551?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detail. Contact the Chaplaincy service with any questions. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Appropriately authorised, licensed, or commissioned for the role of healthcare chaplain. - Bachelor’s Degree level or higher in Theology or Pastoral Care or other relevant discipline. - Evidence of Continuing Personal Development (CPD). - Postgraduate certificate or diploma in healthcare chaplaincy or enrolled on this training. - - At least five years of experience of employment as an NHS healthcare chaplain. **Desirable** - Registered as a Board-certified chaplain with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy. ### essential **Essential** - Working knowledge of faith and belief systems other than one’s own, and the ability to apply this knowledge in a diverse context in a health care setting. - - Digital and verbal communication skills desirable for effective communication of information within the organisation and with the public. - - Able to meet the transport demands of the role and respond to emergency on calls with 1 hour response time, including lone working with access to suitable transport. ## Documents - [policy ex-offenders (pdf, 36.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1001) - [speaking up policy (pdf, 523.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2142) - [dbs code of practice (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1004) - [person specification (pdf, 474.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322344) - [full time job description (pdf, 577.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322343) - [part time job description (pdf, 655.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322345) - [family relocation information (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1118) - [infection control statement (pdf, 107.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1003) - [recruitment reasonable adjustments (pdf, 122.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2872) - [statement handling – updated from policy (pdf, 33.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1000) - [trust policy on managing risk associated with safeguarding children (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1007) ## 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.