Staff Chaplain

About the Role

Independently provides spiritual care and emotional support, integrating into the care team to address complex needs. Supports patients and families through crises and transitions.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients, families, and visitors in coping with psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs during illness, trauma, or stress.
• Develops, implements, and documents spiritual assessments, interventions, and outcomes as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide whole-person care.
• Participates in multidisciplinary patient rounds, care conferences, ethics consultations, and ethics triage calls as directed.
• Responds to crisis situations (e.g., resuscitations, trauma, rapid response, death, BEST and Security alerts) to provide spiritual care and support, including pager coverage.
• Responds to referrals to visit patients and/or families regardless of religious affiliation and initiates pastoral visits as appropriate.
• Provides caregiver support for grief, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.
• Promotes the mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health.
• Assists with developing the department’s plan for continuous quality improvement and strategy deployment.
• Assists patients and families with advance directives and provides resources for transition, bereavement, and loss.
• Documents professionally in the electronic medical record and other departmental or system-based tracking tools.
• Participates in hospital-wide committees and may lead specific projects or initiatives.

Skills

• Empathetic listening
• Supportive dialogue
• Pastoral counseling
• Interpersonal skills
• Interfaith knowledge
• Collaboration
• Crisis intervention
• Project support
• Knowledge of family and group dynamics
• Spiritual assessments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (accredited).
• Completion of 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi.
• Completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi within 2 years of hire.
• Documentation from an ecclesial judicatory body of current endorsement and/or reference prescribed by the applicant’s spiritual/faith tradition (received or reaffirmed within the last 12 months). The letter must be sent directly from the endorsing/recommending organization.
• Faith groups must be recognized by the Department of Defense (Armed Forces Chaplains Board) or previously reviewed and approved by the BCCi. If not, approval must come from Intermountain Peaks Mission office.
• Two or more years of healthcare chaplaincy experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited graduate theological degree (MDiv or equivalent).
• Completion of 4 or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi.
• Three or more years of relevant spiritual care experience in a hospital setting.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, and identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent verbal communication with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors.
• Manual dexterity for manipulating complex and delicate supplies and equipment, including frequent computer use.
• For roles requiring driving: Ability to drive a vehicle, including sitting, seeing, and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Schedule

40 scheduled weekly hours.

Pay

Hourly range: $28.06 - $44.20, dependent upon experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package covering mind, body, and spirit, including programs for wellness, health, happiness, security, connection, and engagement. Learn more about benefits here.