Chaplain PRN

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Chaplain PRN with Catholic Medical Center, you can be part of an organization devoted to giving back.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay, including prescription drug and behavioral health coverage, free telemedicine services, and free AirMed medical transportation
• Dental and vision benefits
• Life and disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity)
• Auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the role

Shares in the ministry of caring for the spiritual and emotional needs of patients, their families, and the hospital staff. Provides religious counseling, supportive care, and guidance. Assists patients to understand more fully life’s events as they relate to their spiritual and emotional well-being.

Responsibilities

• Regularly visits with all patients, especially new admissions, while daily giving priority to referrals and those in greatest need
• Provides sacramental ministry, religious counseling, and crisis intervention as appropriate
• Ensures pastoral availability to families and staff in times of crisis
• Provides information about the availability of area clergy and makes contacts when requested
• Makes ethics consult referrals for patients, family, and staff pursuant to the CMC Clinical Ethics Services policy
• Participates in patient care conferences and discharge planning rounds
• Participates in departmental quality management activities
• Maintains statistical reports of activities and submits to the Director, Office of Catholic Identity
• Documents patient visitations and logs interactions for interdepartmental communication
• Attends departmental staff meetings and serves on hospital and community committees
• Performs similar or related duties as assigned or requested

Requirements

• Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly (Strength Factor: Light Work)
• Ability to wear protective clothing such as masks, gloves, gowns, and glasses
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions and respond appropriately to unexpected situations
• Ability to maintain communications and establish working relationships with employees, physicians, patients, and the public
• Ability to accept constructive feedback and initiate appropriate actions to correct situations
• Familiarity with quality improvement initiatives
• Ability to transport self to and from off-site locations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Theology or a related field
• Two or more credits of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) preferred
• Three years in hospital ministry preferred
• Certification by NACC, ACPE, or COC preferred

About the organization

Catholic Medical Center is a 330-bed acute care hospital and Level III Trauma Center serving southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Home to the nationally recognized New England Heart & Vascular Institute and The Mom’s Place—an innovative birthing center that pioneered couplet care—we lead in both advanced medicine and compassionate service.

As part of HCA Healthcare’s statewide network, you’ll join nearly 5,000 colleagues across New Hampshire committed to excellence, collaboration, and making a difference every day. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times and recently spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.