Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Chaplain Ysbyty Glan Clwyd
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves providing spiritual, religious, and pastoral care to patients, carers, and staff within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, primarily at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. The Chaplain will work autonomously and as part of a team, including an on-call system, to deliver multi-faith chaplaincy services. The post holder will advise clinical and locality teams on spiritual care development and engage directly with patients, accessing confidential information.
Key responsibilities
- Meet the spiritual, religious, and pastoral needs of patients, carers, and staff.
- Work as an integral part of therapeutic teams with direct access to patients and confidential patient information.
- Participate in a 24-hour on-call system, responding to patients during unsocial hours.
- Work as part of a chaplaincy team, including volunteers, across hospital and community-based services.
- Deliver or facilitate a range of multi-faith chaplaincy services.
- Advise Clinical and locality teams on the development of spiritual care services.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline for providing spiritual care.
- Authorised by and in good standing with their declared faith/belief group
- Significant experience working in healthcare Chaplaincy
- Experience of Team working
- Experience of multi Faith working
- Good communication skills, verbal & written
- Good listening skills
- Competence and creativity in delivering rituals in a healthcare setting
- Good knowledge of ecumenical and multi Faith issues
- Good understanding of issues around bereavement and end of life care
- Clear understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Good self-motivation and time management
- Confident to work independently
- Willingness to work flexible and unsocial hours, including 24 hr on call
- Demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude to compassion and dignity in care
- Good level of self-awareness in relation to working in distressing situations
- Ability to travel between sites
- Basic IT skills
- Welsh speaker
Desirable criteria
- A qualification in healthcare Chaplaincy, counselling or other related subject
- UKBHC registered
- SSpecialist experience in area of spiritual care i.e. palliative, mental health, maternity
- Counselling skills
- Management/supervision skills
- Team working skills
- Background in ethical issues
- Knowledge of current NHS issues, including familiarity with Standards for Spiritual Care in the NHS in Wales
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Chaplain Ysbyty Glan Clwyd
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
The ability to speak Welsh is essential for this post
Pastoral Care Chaplains are expected to meet the spiritual, religious, and pastoral needs of patients, carers, and staff within BCU in accordance with the Spiritual Care Standards (WAG 2010). Chaplains are regarded as an integral part of the therapeutic teams with direct access to patients and confidential patient information in liaison with other BCU staff. In addition to regular patient contact during working hours, a 24-hour on-call system operates, and chaplains are regularly called out to patients during unsocial hours. Chaplains are expected to work as a chaplaincy team, including chaplaincy volunteers, across hospital- and community-based services to deliver or facilitate a range of multi-faith chaplaincy services and to advise Clinical and locality teams on the development of spiritual care services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to be an autonomous, qualified practitioner whose role is to seek out and respond to the spiritual and religious needs of individuals, their carers, and staff across the range of service providers, including hospitals, localities, and community-based care for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCU).
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