Chaplain Associate - Spiritual Care

About the role

Provides direct spiritual care for patients, family members, and PeaceHealth caregivers. Demonstrates a compassionate, accepting, respectful, and sensitive spiritual presence. Works as a member of the healthcare team to augment the Spiritual Care Department while embodying PeaceHealth’s mission, values, and vision.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in moving through immediate and emerging crises or trauma.
• Help others find meaning during crises and integrate personal, spiritual, and health‑care journeys.
• Facilitate theological reflection as appropriate.
• Provide and document interventions and interactions; request follow‑up by other chaplains or disciplines as needed.
• Offer holistic spiritual care and counsel addressing spiritual, emotional, and social needs of patients, families, and the health‑care team.
• Assist with ethical decision‑making, including Advance Care Planning, consistent with patients’ values and the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services (ERDs).
• Notify, consult, and support patients and families who wish their faith‑community leaders to be involved in care.
• Respond promptly to traumas, codes, emergency requests, or other needs in accordance with local response‑time policy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Divinity, Theology, Religion, or a related field (required); Master’s Degree in the same fields (preferred).
• One unit of ACPE‑certified Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) (required).
• Experience: Minimum 1 year of chaplaincy or equivalent setting (required); healthcare chaplaincy experience (preferred); acute‑care experience (preferred).
• Credentials & Certifications: Basic Life Support skills (required); ability to recognize limits of skills and seek higher‑level support (required).
• Familiarity with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (required).
• Ability to articulate personal spiritual perspective while respecting others’ perspectives (required).
• Capacity to integrate experience and reflection into pastoral ministry (required).
• Skill in interacting with faith‑community leaders of diverse denominations and traditions (required).
• Competence working with patients of varied physical, emotional, cultural, and religious/spiritual needs (required).
• Crisis counseling skills and experience addressing trauma situations (preferred).
• Commitment to ongoing personal, professional, and spiritual growth, including debriefing and support for chaplaincy work (required).
• Computer literacy; proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic medical records (preferred).
• Commitment to continuing education (required).
• Documentation of approval/endorsement from an endorsing body representing the caregiver’s theological/spiritual/philosophical identity (required upon hire).

Benefits

• 403(b) retirement plan for caregiver contributions (available to positions < 0.5 FTE).
• Wellness benefits.
• Discount program.
• Expanded Employee Assistance Program and mental‑health program.

Pay

Salary range: $26.11 – $39.17 per hour (dependent on education, training, experience, collective bargaining agreements, seniority, and other factors).

Schedule

Per Diem/Relief, variable hours; 0.00 FTE position.