Chaplain

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Chaplain provides spiritual care across the continuum in the healthcare setting including but not limited to: inpatient acute, critical and progressive care, inpatient rehabilitation, perioperative areas, outpatient clinics, hospice care, behavioral health and/or emergent care. The Chaplain provides interfaith pastoral/spiritual care to patients and families regardless of religious tradition and helps ensure 24/7 on-call coverage.


Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills by providing pastoral/spiritual care.
• Provides pastoral/spiritual care across the continuum of care to patients and families with diverse religious traditions.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively interact with and provide pastoral spiritual support to patients/families/staff outside of the chaplain's spiritual tradition.
• Functions as pastoral/spiritual resource person for the hospital staff and students.
• Using counseling/psychology background and skills for organization, helps coordinate the psychological/spiritual/emotional support response for staff impacted by significant patient or personal events.
• Administers sacraments, as needed, to patients of diverse ages and traditions.
• Conducts formal worship services open to patients, families, staff, physicians, students and others.
• Ensures "devotional materials” are available to meet the diverse needs of the patient, family and employee population.
• Functions in a team environment with other chaplains to coordinate pastoral/ spiritual care of all patients and plan pastoral/spiritual activities throughout the institution.
• As needed, provides off- hours (on-call) coverage in conjunction with other Chaplains on a rotational basis.
• Collaborates effectively with other chaplains to evaluate the effectiveness of current systems and processes and generate ideas to enable the spiritual care program to meet the needs of the diverse patient and employee population.
• Represents the hospital in the community through presentations and activities in various professional groups and maintains relationship with community clergy.
• Demonstrates the ability to enter and retrieve information from an electronic health record and to utilize computer technology in the course of daily work in alignment with departmental standards.
• Participates in hospital committees and educational endeavors as assigned.
• Participates in the effective and appropriate recruitment, development and oversight of volunteer staff to support the department.
• Demonstrates ability to participate in collaboration with and support of a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program.
• Maintains strict patient confidentiality and maintains patient privacy.
• Interacts in a courteous, respectful, customer-focused manner.
• Demonstrates ability to provide service safely and efficiently.
• Recognizes the importance of belonging, cultural awareness and providing spiritual care and support for patient, family and staff needs regardless of the chaplain's personal beliefs and values.
• Recognizes the relationship between cost-effective use of resources and quality patient service.
• Recognizes the relationship between effective spiritual care and the patient experience of care.
• Recognizes threats to patient/family safety and takes action appropriately.
• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital and department, and standards and policies.
• Demonstrates safe, independent judgment in completing Chaplain responsibilities.
• Performs all written communications accurately, legibly, and per department standards.
• Adhere to the University of Kansas Hospital’s established “Code of Ethics”.
• Recommends ideas for change/improvement within the framework of department, and hospital standards and goals/outcomes.
• Interact with health team members to meet immediate and specific needs.
• Receives/relays all forms of communication/interpretation accurately, promptly, courteously, and to the appropriate personnel/department in support of safe patient care.
• Works with other disciplines to accommodate seamless care.
• Function as a team player assisting others in carrying out departmental duties and tasks as directed.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Master's Degree in Divinity, Theology, or related religious/spiritual field
• 1 or more years of clinical or pastoral experience working with people of inter-faith, inter-religious and /or non-denominational backgrounds.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Certificate of Completion Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) as recognized by a national certification organization.

Required Licensure and Certification

• Ordained and/or endorsed by denomination to which the chaplain belongs.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.