Counselling Service Practitioner

Overview

Time to care. Time to make a difference! Join our team at St Barnabas Hospice. As Counselling Service Practitioner, you will provide crucial support to ensure our operations run smoothly and effectively.

• Time to care - Contribute to the effective operation of our hospice.
• A team that feels like family - Be part of a supportive, collaborative environment.
• Career growth - Opportunities for training and professional development.
• Great benefits - Competitive salary £27,030 per annum, pro rata, Aegon Pension Scheme or NHS pension continuation, and 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Working Hours - 25 per week
• Base - Hawthorn Road / Hybrid

• Strong administration and organisational skills.
• Previous experience of case management and maintaining accurate records.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks, and multitask effectively.
• Confident using digital systems and databases.
• Empathic and professional communicator, able to manage sensitive and difficult conversations.
• Compassionate, resilient, and able to maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

Please refer to the job description linked to this listing for full details of this role.

11 February 2026

Please complete an application via the NHS Jobs website.

At St Barnabas, we believe in dignity, respect, and equality for all. We welcome applicants from every background.

• We are happy to offer flexible working however there are certain core hours / service delivery elements that are required to be covered.

Please Note:

• Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK; sponsorship is not offered. Please do not apply without this.
• St Barnabas Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer; we believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
• We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies where necessary.
• If selected for interview you will be contacted via the email account used to register. Please check your spam folder.

We are St Barnabas Hospice! Lincolnshire's leading provider of palliative, end-of-life nursing care to adults living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Ranking in the top 100 best companies to work for in the UK.

What s Our Vision? A world where dying with dignity, compassion and having choices is a fundamental part of life.

We re on a Mission! To ensure all individuals facing the end of their life in Lincolnshire receive dignified, compassionate care when they require it and where they ask for it.

• Please see the linked Recruitment Pack to see what s on offer.

• Option 1 - Continuation of NHS pension (If applicable)
• Option 2 - Join our generous contributory Pension Scheme, 7% of your monthly salary paid, together with a 3.5% personal contribution by you. (option to increase your contributions to be double matched by the Trust, up to a limit of 9%)

• Date posted: 13 January 2026
• Pay scheme: NHS
• Salary: £27,030 a year per annum, pro rata
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Part-time
• Reference number: B
• Job locations:
  St. Barnabas Day Hospice, Hawthorn Road, Lincoln, LN2 4QX