Job summary
This is an exciting bank post for an experienced practitioner who wants to take the next step in delivering spiritual, pastoral, and religious care in a hospital environment.Are you a faith representative looking to work in a supportive values-based environment and job role?Do you want to join a team of spiritual care practitioners who are ambitious and committed to developing best practice and delivering best care within a modern healthcare environment?If you answer yes to each of the above questions, please read on and refer to the attached job description and consider joining the team here in Somerset.
Main duties of the job
Working as a bank Chaplain at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust you will seek to establish relationships of trust and support with all those in the post-holder's care, identifying SPaRC needs and responding to them. You will:
- Engage in the assessment, delivery, enablement, monitoring and recording of person-centred SPaRC which addresses the individual and collective needs of the hospital community.
- Provide safe, effective, compassionate, and responsive care and interventions that address the identified holistic SPaRC needs of people to support healing and wholeness, within the parameters of the role and in accordance with professional codes of conduct and clinical governance.
- Respond to people in spiritual distress including those who may show challenging behaviours or have complex needs by using professional and pastoral knowledge, skills, and practice.
- Take active steps to work with, involve and support people in addressing their own healthcare needs, maximising their potential healing and wholeness within the limits of their illness.
- Provide or enable, within the limitations of the post-holder's religion/belief and faith authority, religious rites as may be requested or required. To include prayer, baptism, blessing, naming, and other rites at times when patients, including children and babies, may be facing complex surgery, approaching the end of life, after death, or following baby loss during pregnancy or soon after.
This is a cross-county role and own transport is required.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, and not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we're able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues.
We have six active and impactful colleague networks. These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:
Multicultural Network
Women's Network
Armed Forces' Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
Autistic Colleague Network
We offer a form of weekly pay via Wagestream. Bank Pay is an easy way to automatically get paid a percentage of the money you've already earned from any bank shifts completed the previous week. It means you don't have to wait until the end of the month for your bank shift pay, giving you more flexibility.
Don't worry - the remaining portion of your pay is set aside to make sure your tax contributions are paid in full and if your tax contributions amount to less than the money set aside you'll receive it all back at the end of each month.
Details
Date posted
07 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£15.88 an hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
184-OL-BA-4005
Job locations
Trustwide
The Crescent
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4DY
Employer details
Employer name
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
The Crescent
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4DY
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