Associate Chaplain Flex

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO seeks an Associate Chaplain to provide spiritual care, counseling, and crisis intervention for patients, families, and team members. The role works with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership to offer resources across all faiths during hospitalization, illness, crisis and loss.

The position requires a Master’s level education and ACPE education; on-call duties; collaboration with the care team; and participation in departmental initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, Theology, or related field.
• Completed at least one ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education unit.
• Ability to provide spiritual care across diverse faiths.

Responsibilities

• Assess the source of internal strength for patients, families, and team members.
• Perform religious rites, services, and collaborate with community faith leaders.
• Collaborate with staff chaplains to assess the need for crisis debriefing and coordinate with resources for staff spiritual resilience.
• Provide spiritual care materials and support staff resilience and compassion development.
• Provide spiritual services aligned with departmental objectives and strategies.
• Participate in departmental meetings and projects.

Skills

Spiritual care

Counseling

Crisis intervention

On-call support

Education

Master's degree in Divinity/Pastoral Counseling/Theology

Job description

Job Overview

The Associate Chaplain provides spiritual care, counseling, and crisis intervention for patients, families, and team members of Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) in collaboration with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership. The Associate Chaplain offers spiritual guidance and resources during hospitalization and periods of illness, crisis and loss, providing services to a diverse population encompassing all faiths.

Duties & Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Neonate - <30 days


• Infancy - >30 days to 1yr


• Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs


• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs


• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs


• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs


• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs


• Older Adult 65 yrs +

Essential Functions

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Assesses the source of internal strength (spiritual or faith tradition) for patients, families, and team members. Responds to spiritual care needs and requests while on-call related to illness, trauma, crisis, end of life, stress, and loss. Documents interventions and services provided.


• Performs religious rites, services, as requested by patients and/or families, and acts as a resource collaborating with community faith leaders.


• Collaborates with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership to assess the need for crisis debriefing and coordinates with organizational resources for staff spiritual resilience.


• Provides spiritual care materials for the support of patients and families. Supports team members with their spiritual resiliency and compassion development in collaboration with staff chaplains.


• Provides spiritual services in alignment with departmental and organizational objectives and strategies.


• Participates in departmental meetings and projects as assigned.

SCOPE & LEVEL

Guidelines: Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.

Complexity: Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.

Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non-routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

Communications: Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

Supervision Received: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.

Minimum Qualifications

Degrees

Master's

Area of Study

Successfully completed or currently enrolled in a Master of Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, Theology, or related field degree program; and completed at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at an ACPE accredited teaching center.

Schedule/Shift

Based on dept needs

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Rate of Pay: $31.67

Benefits Information

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents

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