Associate Chaplain Flex

Children's Hospital Colorado; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 41,328 - 44,083; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits package

Annual employee bonus program

Job summary

The Associate Chaplain at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) delivers spiritual care, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients, families, and colleagues. Working with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership, they offer guidance during hospitalization, illness, crisis, and loss across diverse faiths.

Minimum qualifications include a Master of Divinity or related field and completion of ACPE-supervised chaplaincy.

Qualifications

• Master of Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, Theology, or related field degree required or enrolled.
• Completed at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) at an ACPE accredited teaching center.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual care, counseling, and crisis intervention for patients, families, and team members.
• Perform religious rites and collaborate with community faith leaders as needed.
• Coordinate crisis debriefing and staff spiritual resilience with leadership.
• Provide spiritual materials and support to patients, families, and staff.

Skills

Spiritual care

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Education

Master of Divinity or related field degree program

Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) 1 unit

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 Adults 65 yrs +

Essential Functions

1. 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.
2. Performs religious rites, services, as requested by patients and/or families, and acts as a resource collaborating with community faith leaders.
3. Collaborates with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership to assess the need for crisis debriefing and coordinates with organizational resources for staff spiritual resilience.
4. 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.
5. Provides spiritual services in alignment with departmental and organizational objectives and strategies.
6. Participates in departmental meetings and projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees: 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

Hourly Rate of Pay: $30.62. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

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.

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