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Job overview
The role of the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care department is to facilitate a safe, person centred and confidential service of spiritual and religious care that enables patients, their families and friends and members of staff to explore and negotiate their experience of life, illness, injury, loss or stress so that they can begin to find strength, support and meaning within it.
The post holder will be responsible for the spiritual, pastoral and faith care needs of patients and staff within Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, and a collaborative member of the chaplaincy team in fulfilling the goal of providing person-cantered spiritual and pastoral care to all patients, visitors and staff, irrespective of their religion or belief in line with best practice.
They will significantly contribute collaboratively to an effective Chaplaincy department, including education and training within the hospital.
Main duties of the job
Details about the main duties of the role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification included in the advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Details about the main duties of the role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification included in the advert.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- To participate in the provision of the 24- hour on-call service, to provide emergency pastoral and spiritual care and to provide and/or facilitate religious care.
- Have the ability to attend either hospital within the 1 hour on-call standard.
- To demonstrate flexibility with the out of hours rota.
- To have own transport and be prepared and able to travel trust wide.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of providing pastoral/spiritual care within your own belief group or faith community
- Demonstrable experience of delivering effective training and education relating to pastoral and spiritual care.
- Substantial ministerial/faith or belief group leadership experience following training and subsequent ordination (if ordination is applicable), or equivalent.
- Experience of delivering pastoral, spiritual and religious care in a health care setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi- disciplinary groups.
- 'Experience of working with people following trauma/life changing injury/ illness and end of life.
- Experience of supporting bereaved parents and arranging/conducting funerals.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable compassion and empathy
- To be proactive in collaboration and team working.
- To be able to work under pressure.
- To be self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
Knowledge And Skills
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge on ethical issues relating to healthcare.
- To have good IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and to quickly learn patient management systems.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- • Recognised (Ordained/ licensed) and in current good standing with own Faith, Belief or Community.
- • Educated to university degree level – or equivalent experience, that embraces theological or philosophical understanding or equivalent.
- • Comprehensive knowledge of Faith and Belief systems to be able to work in a multi-cultural/multi-faith context.
- • Further studies relating to chaplaincy/counselling/ pastoral care
Desirable
- • Current membership in UKBHC
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This advert is for Trust Chaplain with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 pro-rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jul 2026.
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