About this role
Job summary
To maintain and develop a Chaplaincy Service within a multi-denominational and multi-faith team, ensuring the provision of a professional ministry and high quality of contemporary spiritual healthcare and pastoral support, through the management of chaplains and oversight of the chaplaincy team and its activities.
This will include providing for specific religious needs, exercising a key educational role, engaging collaboratively with professionals from other healthcare disciplines and participating in the service delivery.
Main duties of the job
The role will be required to support across all of the core UHDB sites and may be required to support a weekend and on-call service.
Lead the Chaplaincy team and manage the operational delivery and strategic development of Chaplaincy services across the Trust, ensuring the implementation of all corporate and departmental policies and procedures and monitor and regularly review Chaplaincy Services standards and code of conduct, against the NHS England Chaplaincy Guidelines for Managers. Identify and initiate collaborative work with medical, nursing, AHP and Management staff to plan, develop and deliver enhanced patient care.
Line manage Team Chaplains, bank Chaplains, Chaplaincy Volunteers, Eucharistic Ministers and those on student / work experience placements. Actively participate as a member of multi-disciplinary groups/committees within the Trust e.g. Clinical Ethics Committee, Allied Health Professions Advisory Committee.
Respond to opportunities for strengthening relationships with local churches, faith groups, other organisations and members of the community to enable the continuing development of such links.
Monitor and evaluate the needs of the multi-faith / multi-cultural community. Initiate, co-ordinate and contribute to the training and development needs of staff especially in spiritual, religious, pastoral and ethical issues.
Closing date of applications: 08 July 2026
Interview date: 22 July 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Appropriate accredited ministerial and theological education (professional qualification) preferably degree standard Appropriate accreditation by the faith group.
Desirable
A registrant member of the UKBHC, or willing to work towards registration
Experience Essential
Experience in healthcare Chaplaincy. Understanding of Equality and Diversity legislation. Significant pastoral experience/church parish ministry Self-motivated and able to prioritise and able to work both independently or collaboratively within a multi-belief team. Procedural knowledge of healthcare chaplaincy Knowledge of and sympathy with multi-faith issues. Ability to work in a stressful and emotional environment with patients, relatives and staff
Communication Essential
Ability to communicate verbally and non-verbally with sensitivity, respect and regard for the patient's condition and spiritual needs. Ability to communicate with people from a wide range of social, belief or non-belief, and ethnic backgrounds, impartially and without judgement
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.
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Queens Hospital Burton
Belvedere Road
Burton upon Trent
DE13 0RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)