Chaplaincy Volunteer

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The closing date is 03 August 2026

CHAPLAINCY VOLUNTEERS
-NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE TRUST - Whitehaven

North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust (NCIC) is looking to appoint additional Chaplaincy Volunteers to contribute a couple of hours a week towards and support the Lead Chaplain's role in the hospitals within both the West and East Clusters of the Acute and Community hospitals in North Cumbria.

Within the hospital environment, candidates must be willing to engage with all patients, relatives, staff, and to work with all chaplaincy colleagues regardless of denomination, gender, faith or belief.

It is expected that chaplaincy volunteers will be recognised within and be approved by either their own denomination, faith or belief group, be in good standing within their own faith/belief community and ideally, have demonstrated previous pastoral experience.

To be a volunteer, you need to be over 18 years of age and living within the local Cumberland area.

What tasks can this role include?

• Respectfully approaching patients and introducing yourself and your role
• Listening to patient or carers' stories
• Promoting the work of the Chaplaincy in general
• Building up a rapport with patients, staff and visitors
• Praying with a patient if they request it or finding someone who could
• Referring the patient to the Chaplain for further pastoral care if required
• Some volunteers take Holy Communion to the bedside, if they are licenced to do so by their own denomination
• Joining in team discussions and training as required

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Applicants need to be flexible, respectful of difference, approachable, compassionate, sensitive and resilient.

• Experience of pastoral visiting
• Active member of faith/pastoral group
• Ability / experience of working within a team
• Working in a busy environment
• Organisational skills

• Basic IT skills
• Empathy

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. An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role. DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust