Job summary
- Main area
- Chaplaincy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (This is an interim post for 6 months)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Requests for up to to full time hours may be considered.)
- Job ref
- 262-A-26-8106075
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Interim Lead Chaplain *Internal Applicants only*
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
We are seeking an Interim Lead Chaplain to lead the chaplaincy service through a period of transition until a Lead Chaplain is appointed.
This is a full time post but requests for to up to full time working may be considered.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
Person specification
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Good standing within own denomination or faith community
- Respect for differences including other faiths/beliefs.
- Ability to adapt and flex to service needs out of hours and weekends on rota basis, including travelling between sites
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Faith Leader
- Recognised authority within appropriate faith/belief group
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a subject relevant to healthcare chaplaincy
- Relevant postgraduate certificate or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Master's level degree with demonstrable outcomes of learning relevant to healthcare chaplaincy
- Registered with UKBHC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Committed practice within own faith/ belief group.
- Substantial and significant experience of professionally supervised clinical practice as a healthcare chaplain that must include working with adult patients, end of life care, and on-call duties in the acute NHS hospital setting.
- Delegated management or team leadership responsibilities within a healthcare chaplaincy department.
- Teaching, mentoring and training of health professionals, chaplains and students in spiritual and pastoral care.
- Evidence of working with and respecting religious, spiritual and pastoral diversity and differences.
Desirable criteria
- Chaplaincy in emergency care, critical care, neonatology, oncology and palliative care.
- Involvement in audits, service evaluations and surveys.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Leadership knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours.
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS structures, systems and processes relevant to healthcare chaplaincy.
- Cultural competence and religious literacy in diverse religious, spiritual and pastoral traditions.
- Safeguarding policies and procedures
- Information governance and confidentiality policies relating to healthcare
- Teamworking and team management.
Desirable criteria
- Service improvement methodology
- Training in adult education and teaching.
- Pastoral Supervision using a recognised method appropriate to healthcare chaplaincy.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- A professional Chaplaincy identity rooted in one's own religious/spiritual/pastoral heritage that integrates professional values and behaviours, skills and specialist knowledge. Workload prioritisation, time management and the capacity to incorporate new challenges, to manage projects and to hold others to account.
- Capacity and commitment to learn, critically reflect and develop.
- Capability and emotional maturity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgments, and take personal responsibility and initiative.
- Resilience and adaptability to complex, unpredictable and challenging operating conditions.
- Ability to demonstrate skills in providing pastoral supervision and reflective practice.
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues; and the capability to work both independently and collaboratively. Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing.
- Ability to build and sustain pastoral and professional relationships and effectively lead a department
- Ability to perform daily tasks using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rev'd Jane Nattrass
- Job title
- Lead Chaplain
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812473387
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