Chaplain Resident

Employment Type: Full time • Shift: Rotating Shift • Estimated start date: August 2026

About the role

The First Year Chaplain Resident functions as a team member of the Spiritual Care Department and establishes collaborative relationships with the interdisciplinary care team, other professionals, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Respond to the spiritual needs of patients, families, and staff of all faith traditions throughout the organization
• Provide interfaith spiritual care through visitation, crisis intervention, prayers, sacraments as needed and appropriate, bereavement and end-of-life support, life-reviews, spiritual care consultation around existential questions, spiritual and religious rituals, worship services, and staff support
• Understand that patient care is the number one priority
• Communicate effectively (written and verbal) with administration, colleagues, patients, and family members
• Participate in the professional training program, including the action-reflection-new action process, written requirements, and group participation to complete the educational requirements for chaplaincy certification

Requirements

• Complete the application and referral form at www.trinityhealthofne.org/clinical-education-and-research/clinical-pastoral-education/programs in addition to applying to the Trinity Health website
• College degree: BA/BS, MDiv/equivalent, graduate studies in theology, religion, counseling, psychology, or spirituality
• Ordained or commissioned to function in ministry by an appropriate religious authority as determined by ACPE
• One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from an accredited CPE center

Benefits

• Great benefits that start the first day of employment
• Award-winning hospitals and departments

Schedule

40 hours/week, rotating shifts

About Trinity Health Of New England

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full-spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We serve nearly 3 million people and are part of a national system that focuses on putting patients first while delivering high-quality, cost-effective care.