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Job reference: 222164
Salary: Various
Job closing date: 05/08/2025
Job Type: Allied Health Professions
Location: St Columba’s Hospice Care
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 22.5
Job posted date: 24/07/2025
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: St Columba's Hospice

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St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.

Please complete a St Columba's Hospice Application Form and return, by email to jobs@stcolumbashospice.org.uk

More information, including a job description and application form can be found on the Hospice website at:

Join our Team – St Columba’s Hospice Palliative Care, Edinburgh


Counsellor

Salary: Band 5, Step 1 £35,813 WTE (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £39,736 WTE subject to satisfactory performance review), pro rata per annum + Unsocial Hours Enhancement + Pension + Benefits

Hours: 22.5 per week

We are looking for an approachable, organised and compassionate team member to join our exciting new holistic therapy space, providing counselling to members of the general public.

Following on from the success of Studio15, our social enterprise hair and nail salon, we are excited to share that we are expanding our social enterprise services with a new holistic therapy space. This mirrors St Columba’s Hospice Care’s commitment to sustainability, accessibility and community engagement. If you are self-motivated and passionate about supporting our work by contributing to the development of a new social enterprise and are driven by a desire to make a difference, we want you in our team!

You will be a registered, qualified and experienced counsellor, qualified to Diploma level and accredited or eligible for accreditation by BACP, COSCA or equivalent. You will provide sessions both in-person and/or remotely via telephone and/or video-conferencing. The service will be offered on 7 day per week basis, Monday to Sunday - working patterns and days will be discussed at interview.

You will have access to our staff dining facilities, onsite parking and other benefits such as a generous pension scheme and cycle to work scheme.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lisa Kerr on 0131 551 1381

For more information including a job description and an application form please visit our website at: www.stcolumbashospice.org.uk or call 0131 551 7722, or email jobs@stcolumbashospice.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 5th August 25


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