Chaplain Non Cert

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, located in Houston, seeks a Chaplain to serve as a vital spiritual leader within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.

You will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs, and engage in on-call chapel leadership, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of ministry or related work experience, upon hire.
• Experience in pastoral care or spiritual counseling is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual assessment and pastoral care in assigned areas to patients, families and staff
• Interact with the patient care team on units assigned and wherever called to minister. Communicates necessary patient information to other team members through appropriate use of charting. Respects patient confidentiality
• Participate in On-call rotation and leadership responsibilities for chapel services as needed, in coordination with other staff members
• Promote and support departmental guidelines

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.

Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.

To be successful in this role, you must be a highly compassionate individual, comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional, panicked, stressed, or in pain. You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

• Provide spiritual assessment and pastoral care in assigned areas to patients, families and staff
• Interact with the patient care team on units assigned and wherever called to minister. Communicates necessary patient information to other team members through appropriate use of charting. Respects patient confidentiality
• Participate in On-call rotation and leadership responsibilities for chapel services as needed, in coordination with other staff members
• Promote and support departmental guidelines

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other and Five (5) years of ministry or related work experience, upon hire
• None, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, resea research, and education.