Spiritual Welfare Trustee

St Gemmas Hospice is seeking to appoint a Spiritual Welfare Trustee to join our highly skilled and experienced Board of Trustees. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic leadership and oversight of spiritual welfare and wellbeing for patients families carers staff and volunteers ensuring that St Gemmas remains true to its ethos and values.

As a Trustee you will champion spiritual care across the organisation ensuring it is embedded in all services and meets the needs of people of all faiths and none in line with equality and diversity principles. You will act as the link Trustee for the Spiritual Care team chair the Spiritual Care Group and advise the Board on matters relating to spiritual wellbeing ethical issues and pastoral care.

Skills and Experience

We are seeking someone who:

• Has a strong understanding of spiritual care in healthcare or hospice settings.
• Has experience in pastoral care chaplaincy or a related field.
• Can engage with diverse faith perspectives and uphold inclusive practice.
• Brings excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and advocate for spiritual care at Board level.

Charity governance experience would be helpful but is not essential. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds who share our commitment to St Gemmas ethos and values.

Commitment

The Board is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Hospice and assuring good governance. The Board is supported by three Committees Finance and Business Clinical Governance and Corporate Governance.

Spiritual Welfare Trustees are expected to contribute their expertise to the Clinical and Academic Governance Committee and engage with aspects of our wider activities such as Hospice visits and fundraising events.

The Board meets six times a year and the Clinical and Academic Governance Committee meets a further four times a year. Meetings take place at St Gemmas Hospice with the option to join hybrid meetings via Video Conferencing.

Board members are volunteers but will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.

How to apply

Please provide a statement of suitability either by clicking Apply Now or emailing your statement to

For further information please read the candidate brief.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity with the Chief Executive Officer before applying please contact Jenny Sellers Business Support Manager on 0 /

Closing date: 10 December 2025

Interview date: Thursday 18 December 2025

St Gemmas Hospice is an independent Leeds-based charity and one of the leading hospices in the UK providing expert care and support for local people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We offer care to patients families and carers in the Hospices In-Patient Unit through the St Gemmas community team and at our Out-Patients.

We have around 300 employees working across the main Hospice site in Moortown Retail Hub in Bramley a large chain of charity shops and out in the community. We offer career opportunities both in our multi-disciplinary clinical team and in a wide range of non-clinical roles all of which contribute towards local patient care. St Gemmas Hospice has a team of approximately 800 volunteers working in a variety of roles supporting departments throughout the organisation.

St Gemmas is committed to equal opportunities and strives to be diverse and inclusive a place which reflects the communities we serve. We offer a competitive range of benefits with an emphasis on staff well-being in a caring and friendly environment.