Trust Chaplain (part-time)

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Trust Chaplain – part-time post (1 day per week) based at York Hospital – Band 6 + unsocial hours and on call payments.

Job Overview

• Main area: Trust Chaplain
• Grade: Band 6: £38,682 – £46,580 pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Part time – 7.5 hours per week (working 1 day a week on a flexible rota, including out-of-hours on call and weekend cover).
• Site: The base location is the York Hospital site.
• Closing Date: 12th August 2025

A chaplain is needed to support the work of the Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Trust. You will be based at either the York or Scarborough Hospital site but be part of the Trust wide team, working 1 day a week (0.2wte) on a flexible rota.

As an autonomous, qualified practitioner the role is to seek out and respond to the pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of individuals, their carers and staff. In addition, the chaplain will also be expected to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota including weekend cover.

The Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team, of which the Chaplain will be a member, provides for the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of patients, staff and visitors within the Trust.

The team’s aim is to offer support which is sensitive, appropriate to individual need and which upholds our Trust Values and Behaviours.

Person Specification

Educated to Bachelor’s Degree level (or equivalent work or life experience) with demonstrable learning in a relevant field such as counselling, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy, religious studies or theology.

Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognized/established sponsoring faith community or belief group.

Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent is essential together with chaplaincy experience within the NHS or within a related acute healthcare setting.

Based at York hospital you will work on a flexible rota within the Chaplaincy team across all Trust sites and will receive full support, training and supervision.

You will be working across the Trust so the successful applicant will be required to regularly travel to our different sites. You will have access to a Trust pool car to travel away from your base

location, however there may be times one is not available so you will need to be a car owner/driver or have access to a motor vehicle as the role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport.

For more information please contact:

Chris Hayes (Lead Chaplain)