Chaplain

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Maintain ministerial presence to patients and/or families while they are in Driscoll Children's Hospital.
• Respond to deaths at Driscoll Children's Hospital.
• Participate as part of interdisciplinary teams in the holistic treatment of patients.
• Facilitate the discovery and use of spiritual resources from the lives of patients and their families during their hospitalization.
• Be a liaison between special needs religious groups and local clergy support as needed.
• Provide spiritual and emotional support to DCH staff.
• Perform religious rites and sacraments as needed, e.g. funerals and weddings.
• Serve as resource person for local clergy.
• Perform clerical duties as needed.
• Ecclesiastical endorsement by a faith group.
• Must have strong interpersonal and written/oral skills to interact effectively with patients, patient's families, visitors, hospital and medical staff.
• Spanish speaking preferred.
• Able to safeguard confidences.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

Qualifications

• Completed a B.A. degree or its equivalent from an accredited university/seminary.
• Pediatric experience preferred.
• Theological education from an accredited college or university which fulfills educational requirements for Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) in the Association of Professional Chaplains (Master of Divinity preferred) or in process.
• Satisfactory completion of 4 units of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) or in the process, which fulfills clinical requirements for Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) in the Association of Professional Chaplains.
• Certification in the Association of Professional Chaplains or similar national certification organization within two years of hire or in process.