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Spiritual Care Lead
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Brighton, BN2 3EW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9150-26-0008 |
Summary
1. Job summary Working closely with the Connect Team, the volunteer service and the current chaplaincy volunteers the post holder will be leading on the provision of spiritual and pastoral care for Trust patients, carers and staff within the community. With special responsibility for recruiting, training, managing and supervising spiritual care volunteers within the existing chaplaincy & spiritual care structures within the Trust. The post holder will provide oversight of the pastoral provision delivered through chaplaincy volunteers and will be contributing to the developing SCFT Spiritual Care Strategy The post holder will work closely with the Trust Religion, Spirituality & Beliefs Network to ensure that there is a diverse range of chaplaincy reflecting an inclusive service of differing faith and belief systems operating for the benefits of staff and patients. The post holder will reach out to and engage the support of the faith and belief resources that are present within the Trusts covered communities. The post holder will be responsible for the quality and performance of the Chaplaincy volunteers with a particular focus on inclusivity and cultural sensitivity. A key responsibility will be to ensure governance structures and leadership/communication processes are in place and effective for practice within the service including, safety and risk assessment when identifying, assessing and providing care for patients and staff. To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research to ensure the use of evidence-based best practice. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. 2. Communication and Working Relationships Existing Trust Chaplaincy staff Connect Services Clinical & Team Leads within Locality services Volunteer service leads Faith Leaders & Faith Representatives (including non-religious groups) Senior members of management teams Colleagues in secondary mental health services and local Acute Trusts Colleagues in 3rd sector and voluntary organisations Representatives of the hard-to-reach communities. The Post holder will work with a wide range of stakeholders to promote, develop and enhance the service. The post holder will need to remain mindful of sensitive information when communicating with external agencies and liaise closely with the Trust Information Governance Lead where appropriate 3. Key responsibilities The post holder will ensure that the team is engaged in and accountable for the delivery of a high quality, Spiritual Care /Chaplaincy, effective and safe service, The post holder will actively support the current implementation and expansion of the Spiritual Care Strategy, supporting the development and implementation of new ways of working and embedding them into service. To be aware of, and sensitive to, the varying spiritual and pastoral needs of people across a range of faiths and cultures. Specifically, to maintain parity of esteem for all worldviews, and to develop relationships with faith leaders from different religion and belief traditions as appropriate. Working with the appropriate Volunteer Manager, to lead on recruiting additional spiritual and pastoral care volunteers. To develop and support external appropriately qualified individuals to act in an advisory capacity regarding a growing range of Religious & Spiritualties issues to the Trust and, where possible to enable representatives to provide information and education to Trust staff via the Religion, Spirituality & Belief (RSB) Network To provide appropriate induction and on-going training for the Trust Staff, spiritual and pastoral care volunteers. To lead on implementing the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Strategy for the Trust. 4. Main tasks To provide expertise, religious/pastoral/spiritual advice and support to multidisciplinary team members, including colleagues in partner agencies. The post holder as the Spiritual Care Lead will ensure that the team is engaged in and accountable for the delivery of a high quality, Spiritual Care /Chaplaincy, effective and safe service, The post holder will actively support the implementation of the Spiritual Care Strategy, supporting the development and implementation of new ways of working and embedding them into service. To be aware of, and sensitive to, the varying spiritual and pastoral needs of people across a range of faiths and cultures. Specifically, to maintain parity of esteem for all worldviews, and to develop relationships with faith leaders from different religion and belief traditions as appropriate. Working with the appropriate Volunteer Manager, to lead on recruiting additional spiritual and pastoral care volunteers, to create further capacity to deliver the Trusts Spiritual Care Strategy. To provide appropriate support & on-going training for the Chaplaincy & pastoral care volunteers. To contribute to developing & implementing the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Strategy for the Trust. To always act in accordance with the values and principles in the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy Code of Conduct. To have a commitment to your own spiritual growth and development. To facilitate for the community-based clinical teams, if required, appropriate acts of public worship or celebration. To be a specialist resource for Trust community-based staff on matters of spirituality in healthcare, and to contribute to spiritual healthcare training and development programmes as required. To liaise if required with partner organisations and local faith and belief communities (in accordance with NHS confidentiality regulations) regarding the support and care of patients in the community.