Chaplain Associate
About the role
As a Chaplain Associate, you will be a beacon of compassionate spiritual care, profoundly impacting patient recovery and well-being during critical times. Every day, you will facilitate connections, offer comfort, and provide essential chaplaincy services to nurture the holistic healing journey for patients and their families. To be successful in this role, you will possess deep empathy, exceptional interpersonal skills, a profound commitment to spiritual care, and the organizational ability to seamlessly coordinate compassionate support within a dynamic healthcare environment.
Responsibilities
- Provides spiritual and emotional care to patients, their families, as well as hospital staff.
- Provides pastoral care and counseling consistent with the plan of treatment developed for each patient.
- Provides for and participates in hospital dedication/blessing ceremonies as well as provide religious ritual/services for patients, families, staff, and volunteers as requested and appropriate.
- Assumes responsibility for on-call support for evenings and overnight during weekdays and weekends.
- Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings as possible.
- While working in-house, responds to all CODES, STEMIs, and other emergency situations related to and appropriate for their position as a chaplain and provides support as needed or requested.
- While on call, responds to crises as requested.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in theology or behavioral science.
- Supervised healthcare chaplaincy of at least three (3) months, which may include hospice experience and/or Clinical Pastoral Education, upon hire.
- One Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education, upon hire.
- BCC - Canadian Spiritual certification, upon hire.
Qualifications (Preferred)
- Master’s degree in Divinity or Master’s in Theology, upon hire.
- Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education, upon hire.
- Acute care, hospice, or long-term care experience.
- Board Certified Chaplain (APC), upon hire.
- Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education, upon hire.
- Board Certified Chaplain (BCC), upon hire.
- Catholic Chaplain certification, upon hire.
- BCC - Jewish Chaplain certification, upon hire.
About the workplace
As the only not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in the area, Dignity Health Nevada, guided by the Adrian Dominican Sisters' vision for over 70 years, continues to serve the Henderson and Las Vegas communities. The Siena Campus, a 326-bed acute care hospital opened in 2000, expanded the services of the Rose de Lima Campus to meet growing healthcare needs. St. Rose Dominican is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, with over 9,000 physicians, 60,000 team members, and 400 care centers across 22 states, including hospitals, urgent care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care, especially for the underserved.
Pay
$24.15 - $34.12 per hour.