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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Chaplain

The closing date is 10 August 2025

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Job summary

The Chaplaincy team members help provide religious, pastoral and spiritual support for patients, carers and staff.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Lead Chaplain, the post holder will:

  1. liaise with other members of the Chaplaincy team to ensure Chaplaincy services are developed and delivered across the whole trust and that these are of a safe and high quality.
  2. be expected to work within the team and to provide reciprocal cover for chaplaincy colleagues as necessary.
  3. be expected to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, where directed and appropriate.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7357249JN

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

  1. work with the other chaplains in the team to provide spiritual, pastoral and/or religious care for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers within the Northumbria Trust.
  2. be also responsible for designated areas and/ or units within the trust and will manage their work while being responsible to the Lead Chaplain.
  3. share in the supervision and training of volunteers and students as appropriate.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

  1. work with the other chaplains in the team to provide spiritual, pastoral and/or religious care for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers within the Northumbria Trust.
  2. be also responsible for designated areas and/ or units within the trust and will manage their work while being responsible to the Lead Chaplain.
  3. share in the supervision and training of volunteers and students as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Strong personal spiritual foundation and endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by an appropriate faith or belief group (see NPSRCH Homepage - Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health).
  • If already a faith leader, to be licensable by your faith group
  • Educated to Degree Level or equivalent

Desirable

  • Education within aspects of counselling and/or pastoral care.

Other

Essential

  • t is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Strong personal spiritual foundation and endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by an appropriate faith or belief group (see NPSRCH Homepage - Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health).
  • If already a faith leader, to be licensable by your faith group
  • Educated to Degree Level or equivalent

Desirable

  • Education within aspects of counselling and/or pastoral care.

Other

Essential

  • t is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Chaplain

Revd Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth.Brown3@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

07816450233

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7357249JN

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH


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