Chaplain - Lourdes Hospital

About the role

Under the direction of the Director of Mission or Director of Spiritual Care, the Chaplain II ministers to patients, families, and staff around religious and spiritual needs. As an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, the chaplain provides spiritual care and emotional support within the context of illness, crisis, loss, and death. The chaplain is committed to the Mission and models its core values.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes the sacramental needs of the Catholic population.
• Provides for religious and ritual needs of diverse faith groups.
• Ministers to a diverse population in a non-proselytizing manner and provides basic emotional and spiritual support to patients, visitors, our community, and fellow associates.
• Collaborates with fellow team members and the interdisciplinary team including appropriate referrals that serve those in their care.
• Provides effective pastoral skills and pastoral ministry by employing advanced pastoral care and counseling techniques, including but not limited to, emotional processing, reframing for meanings and perspectives, and facilitation of deeper theological and personal reflections.
• Provides a specialized perspective at clinical care conferences while addressing the spiritual and emotional aspects of holistic care.
• Provides consultation for cases with significant relational, familial, religious, or cultural dynamics and engenders appropriate spiritual care outcomes.
• Demonstrates proficiency in conducting full-spectrum spiritual care assessment and care planning process.
• Provides appropriate spiritual interventions in end-of-life situations and crisis cases (Code Blue, Death, Trauma, etc.).
• Coordinates delivery of pastoral care resources for complex patient care situations and collaborates with Departmental leaders in making appropriate referrals.
• Provides Advanced Care Planning consultations and elicits care preferences including Advanced Medical Directives documentation.
• Professionally communicates clinically relevant information in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) benefitting interdisciplinary care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the Ethical and Religious Directives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and adheres to the policies of the Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) as a Catholic healthcare organization.
• Participates in 24/7 on-call rotation with expectations for holidays/weekends.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a related field such as Religious Studies, Divinity, or Theology (required).
• Doctoral degree in Theology or Philosophy (preferred).
• 3 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) completed (required).
• 1 year of experience as a Chaplain in a healthcare setting (required).
• Ecclesial endorsement from church body to be involved in hospital ministry (required).
• Completion of lay ministry or the ordination process (preferred).

Skills

• Active listening
• Apply Ethical Practices
• Clinical Pastoral Care
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Crisis counseling
• Crisis Intervention
• Demonstrate Empathy
• Flexibility
• Good interpersonal skills
• Healthcare Ethics
• Human Relations
• Interfaith Dialogue
• Ministering to diverse populations
• Organization Skills
• Pastoral Care
• Pastoral Counseling
• Pastoral Ministries
• Pastoral Theology
• Planning
• Presentation Skills
• Public Relations
• Relationship building
• Religious Studies
• Spiritual Care
• Spiritual Care Assessments
• Spiritual Support
• Teamwork
• Theological Reflection
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Facilitation of theological reflections
• Medical Ethics
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Ability to lead and coordinate prayer and worship services
• Ability to teach an understanding of diverse theology and ecclesiology

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible).
• Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources, and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

Benefits may vary based on the market and employment status.