Chaplain - Nights

About the role

The Spiritual Care & Education department at MD Anderson Cancer Center provides compassionate, patient-centered support that addresses the spiritual and emotional needs of patients and their families throughout the cancer journey. This team plays a vital role in holistic care, working alongside interdisciplinary teams to ensure patients receive support that honors their beliefs, values, and experiences. This Chaplain position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by providing direct spiritual and pastoral care to oncology patients, families, and staff. You will serve as a supportive presence during critical moments, responding to referrals, patient needs, and urgent situations such as code blue events, end-of-life care, and advance directive requests with compassion and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct spiritual care and education; participates in spiritual care coverage including response team functions, and documents all encounters in OneConnect/Epic.
• Responds to all referrals, consults, patient needs screening, deaths, code blue, emergency advance directive requests according to department triage guidelines for acute care and ambulatory services.
• Provides a non-anxious (open), non-judgmental (welcoming) presence to all care recipients, their caregivers, and employees.
• Demonstrates the ability to relate to the patient at a significant cultural, theological, spiritual, philosophical level.
• Effectively evaluates and documents spiritual needs, interventions, outcomes, and creates a plan of care based on assessments.
• Provides chapel leadership and sacramental ministry as appropriate and authorized.
• Refers specialized service line requests to Sr. Chaplain or assigned service line specialists.
• Builds relationships and collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team. Works closely with and supports achieving common goals.
• Demonstrates general knowledge of oncology, and the spiritual needs of persons living with cancer, and oncology treatment modalities.
• Provides relevant, timely and accurate spiritual/religious/interfaith information to care team and care recipients.
• Follows the guidelines, policies, and procedures, and standard of care as enumerated in institutional policy and department standards of practice.
• Participates in department initiatives.
• Collaborates with and provides support to community faith group leaders.
• Demonstrates an attitude of discovery in one's personal and professional development.
• Participates in continuing education events that relate to and are pertinent to the chaplain's role, and/or the further development of core competencies.
• Participates in department and institutional process improvement projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required: Master's Degree: Graduate-level theological degree from a college, university or theological school accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Equivalencies for graduate level theological degree will be granted by the individual professional organization according to their own established guidelines.

Required: Four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC); National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) or the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC).

Preferred: 1 year of pastoral or spiritual care experience.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Ability to navigate complex and sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism
• Commitment to continuous learning

Pay

Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 60,500 • Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 75,500 • Maximum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 90,500

Schedule

Monday - Thursday 8pm - 7am with holiday rotation as well as ride-out rotation.

Benefits

MD Anderson offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including paid medical benefits, generous paid time off, retirement plans, and additional benefits, along with the opportunity to serve in a mission-driven environment focused on delivering compassionate, whole-person care.