Chaplain Non Certified

Saint Joseph Medical Center - East Lexington; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph East seeks a compassionate Chaplain to provide spiritual care and counseling within a hospital setting. You will support patients, families, and staff, offering presence, rituals, and guidance aligned with diverse beliefs.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and participate in on-call and holiday shifts as needed, documenting care in the EMR to promote holistic well-being.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field (theology, pastoral care, or equivalent).
• One unit of CPE (ACPE, NACC accredited) required at hire.
• Two or more units of CPE preferred; ACPE/NACC accreditation advantageous.
• Masters degree preferred in a related field or clinical pastoral education track.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct spiritual care, counseling, and support to patients, families, and staff.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to integrate holistic spiritual care into plan of care.
• Develop and implement spiritual care plans; provide crisis intervention and ritual support.
• Participate in on-call and holiday coverage as needed by the department.
• Document assessments and interventions in the Electronic Medical Record.

Education

Bachelor's degree

One unit of CPE

Two or more units of CPE

Masters degree

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.

• Works collaboratively with members of the spiritual care department to build a cohesive, spiritually grounded and mutually formative team; covers on-call and holiday shifts as scheduled based on department need
• Establishes mutually respectful working relationships with staff and physicians from a variety of departments
• Gathers and evaluates relevant information pertinent to the holistic care of patients and their families
• Develops and implements spiritual care plans to promote the well‑being of patients, including but not limited to crisis intervention, spiritual care and counseling, assistance with religious/spiritual rituals
• Provides spiritual care and counseling for patients and their families in response to referrals and through proactive rounding
• Documents assessments and interventions in the Electronic Medical Record

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other, upon hire and
• One unit of CPE (ACPE, NACC accredited), upon hire and
• None, upon hire

Preferred

• Two or more units of CPE (ACPE, NACC accredited), upon hire and
• Masters Other, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well‑being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non‑profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.