Job summary
- Main area
- Chaplaincy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.45 hours per week
- Job ref
- 265-7884163-RES
- Employer
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Northamptonshire
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/04/2026
Employer heading
Chaplain (Multi-Faith) UHN Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
Band 6
Job overview
The UHN Spiritual and Pastoral Care Service are seeking to appoint a Chaplain (Multi-Faith), to work collaboratively within the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team and our volunteers to deliver a safe and effective service which meets the needs of the Trust in providing spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for our patients, visitors, and staff.
Working across both hospital sites as required, the main duties include:
- visits all wards and departments, providing spiritual and pastoral care to patients and their visitors as appropriate;
- build working relationships with all wards and departments, delivering spiritual and pastoral support to staff as appropriate;
- provide a service committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that the Spiritual and Pastoral Care service is accessible to people of all faiths and none, within our hospital community;
- ensure that suitable facilities are provided for religious observance, prayer, and reflection for all who require them; work in partnership with faith representatives in the community to provide religious, spiritual, and pastoral care;
- support the provision of corporate acts of worship, and to lead services, such as funerals and memorial services as appropriate;
- respond to the needs of the service and to share in a 24/7 On-Call Out of Hours.
Main duties of the job
- To work collaboratively within the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Team and our volunteers delivering a safe and effective service which meets the needs of the Trust in providing spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for patients, visitors, and staff.
- To visit all wards and departments, providing spiritual and pastoral care to patients and their visitors as appropriate.
- To provide an approachable presence within the hospital and to build working relationships with all wards and departments, delivering spiritual and pastoral support to staff as appropriate.
- To work with the Lead Chaplain to provide a service committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that the Spiritual and Pastoral
- Care service is accessible to people of all faiths and none, within our hospital community.
- Working with the Lead Chaplain to ensure that suitable facilities are provided for religious observance, prayer, and reflection for all who require them.
- To work in partnership with faith representatives in the community to provide religious, spiritual, and pastoral care.
- To support the provision of corporate acts of worship, and to lead services as appropriate.
- Responding to the needs of the service, to share in a 24/7 On-Call Out of Hours Service (for which an on-call allowance is paid, as is payment for the out of hours response time on-site) as Trust Duty Chaplain.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group is made up of Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust. Both hospitals are currently separate hospitals/employers with a joint hospital board and leadership. We share a group executive team leading on a shared vision, mission, priorities, strategies and Dedicated to Excellence Values.
Our Excellence Values
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For Full details and responsibilities of the role, please see attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First Degree in Theology/Religious Studies or Equivalent Professional Qualifications to Level 6 or above.
- The candidate should be in good standing with and formally endorsed by their relevant Faith Community or Association – (for example - ordained priest or lay minister in good standing with their faith community or authorising body and having permission to practice.) Evidence required.
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the United Kingdom Board for Health Care Chaplaincy (UKHBC).
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently working as a healthcare chaplain and/or spiritual and pastoral care in an hospital setting.
- Experience of successful team working
- Experience of working on projects with targeted outcomes, deadlines and reporting processes.
- Experience of working in a multi faith team and/or in an international setting with people of other faiths and beliefs than own.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and listening skills and ability to respond appropriately during in-depth one to one encounters, which may be highly complex, sensitive or personal in nature
- Ability to build rapport and develop trust.
- Ability to be calm, empathetic and compassionate in distressing situations.
- Able to recognise and to maintain professional boundaries
- High quality oral and written communication skills
- Computer and word processing skills.
- Ability to prioritise tasks and manage a range of activities
- Ability to provide Spiritual and Religious Care for the dying, critically ill and newly bereaved, including those experiencing sudden death or pregnancy loss.
- Pastoral or Counselling skills or other relevant training / certification.
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 Mike Corcoran
- Job title
- Chaplain
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815490584
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