Chaplain/ Worship Pastor

Job summary

Are you looking for a real sense of job satisfaction and looking to work as part of a supportive, forward-thinking and friendly team?

An exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking Chaplain to combine roles at St Wilfrid’s Hospice and St John’s Church Meads.

Main duties of the job

At the hospice you will lead the ongoing development of the spiritual support service for patients and family members, inclusive of all religious, non-religious and spiritual beliefs and life stances. At St John’s Church you will facilitate the worship and musical life of the church, leading and developing teams able to support the full range of contemporary and traditional church worship for all ages.

You will be a practising Christian with demonstrable parish / chaplaincy experience or similar. You will have experience working with significant loss and life change at end of life. From a strong person-centred stance, you will be confident in meeting individuals’ spiritual needs, both in person and crucially, by empowering others to do so.

With good musical and instrumental abilities yourself (keyboard and/or guitar) but also the ability to encourage the music talent of others, you will have a keen appreciation of different styles of worship, including the use of music in liturgical worship.

You will have strong interpersonal skills to effectively connect with people of all ages with empathy and compassion. You will have a firm commitment to working collaboratively, both internally and through engagement with our local community.

About us

St Wilfrid’s Hospice provides end of life support to the population of Eastbourne and the surrounding parts of East Sussex, from our stunning hospice building and through our highly skilled community teams. We are rated an ‘outstanding’ provider by the Care Quality Commission and have a clear vision of reaching increasing numbers of local patients and their families, in close collaboration with our community.

We provide a supportive working environment, which is demonstrated through our values: compassionate, professional, progressive, and respectful and these are embedded in our culture. We have a dynamic learning environment that actively promotes and facilitates opportunities for career progression.

Benefits included:

• We offer a generous holiday entitlement of 27 days per year plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Employee assistance programmes
• Additional training opportunities
• Supportive working environment
• We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role including; various shift patterns and part time hours.

Employer details

Employer name

St Wilfrid's Hospice

Address

1 Broadwater Way

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN22 9PZ

Employer's website

https://www.stwhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Wilfrid's Hospice

Address

1 Broadwater Way

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN22 9PZ

Employer's website

https://www.stwhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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