Anglican ChaplainNHS

Job summary

The Chaplaincy service at King's College Hospital provides support for matters relating to spiritual, religious and emotional care to patients, their families, visitors, and staff of all faiths and none.

Please note that the start date for this vacancy will be on or after the 1st April 2027.

The post holder will participate fully in the provision of spiritual, emotional, and religious care to our stakeholders ensuring that the service meets professional standards and best current practice. They will be a point of reference for the religious and spiritual issues associated with death and bereavement and ethical matters in the Trust, providing specialist knowledge and advice on request. The post holder is also required to participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota.

Main duties of the job

(1) To provide pastoral, spiritual and emotional care to patients, their families, visitors, and staffof all faiths and none 1.1 To make assessment of the emotional and spiritual needs of patients, their families, visitors and staff and arrange the appropriate response with available resources; providing on-going support while a patient is receiving treatment at the Trust 1.2 To provide spiritual and pastoral care that is sensitive to multi-cultural and multi-faith/belief realities for the diversity of patients, their carers, staff and students. 1.3 To facilitate rituals and interventions connected with crisis, according to the needs of users, and consistent with the permissions and practice of the relevant faith community1.4 To give advice to the Trust, as requested, and provide spiritual care to staff and students individually.1.5 To plan and conduct religious services in designated prayer spaces in the Trust or on the wards as required, according to the rites of the post holders own faith as required, publicising and arranging times of worship in consultation with the Head of Chaplaincy. Where required, to actively pursue external funding to enhance these.1.6 To provide for the spiritual and religious needs of patients, their families and carers who are unable to be in contact with their regular faith community.

Job description

For detailed information about the role, please refer to the job description and person specification document attached.

About us

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

We have also agreed four new organisational values - Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative - and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.