Chaplain PRN

AdventHealth; Colorado; On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team at a leading medical center dedicated to providing holistic care. This role involves collaborating with the Spiritual Care team to support patients and their families through challenging times. You'll be part of a faith-based organization that values integrity, respect, and compassion, ensuring that every individual receives personalized care. With a commitment to professional growth and spiritual development, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a profound impact in the community while thriving in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about healing and uplifting others, this is the perfect place for you.

Benefits

Benefits from Day One

Paid Days Off from Day One

Student Loan Repayment Program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in spiritual care or equivalent required.
• Four Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral care services to patients and families.
• Respond to urgent situations at the request of staff.

Skills

Pastoral Care

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)

Relationship Building

Organizational Skills

Spirituality

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Spiritual Care

Master’s Degree in Spiritual Care

Formal Theological Study

Tools

Board Certification in Chaplaincy

Valid Driver License

Job description

AdventHealth Avista in Louisville, Colorado is a comprehensive medical center that provides a full range of medical specialties and exceptional health care to the Louisville, Superior, Broomfield and surrounding Boulder area communities. A 114-bed full-service hospital, Avista provides first-rate Heart and Vascular and emergency care. Avista is home to a Joint and Spine Care Center specializing in hip and knee replacement and spine surgery. It is also widely recognized for its award-winning New Life Center, the Louisville and Boulder area's largest and most innovative birth center and home of the area’s largest Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. This unwavering belief binds us together. We’re committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program

Shift: Varied Shift, Days, Evenings, and Nights. Weekends required.

The role you’ll contribute:

Collaborates with the Spiritual Care team to provide pastoral care services to patients and their family members. Responds to urgent situations (codes or death) at the request or referral of administrative coordinators, nurses, family, etc. Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Demonstrates the values of their institutional faith body in personal life and ministry.
• Able to incorporate Centura’s Mission and Ministry and its core values of Integrity, Spirituality, Imagination, Excellence, Respect, and Compassion at all times.
• Understands and exemplifies the value of prayer.
• Demonstrates good organizational, self-management, and relationship building skills.

Qualifications:

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree in spiritual care, arts, or equivalent degree from college/university or institution accredited by the applicant’s institutional faith body. Completion of Roman Catholic deacon training and ordination is also acceptable if applicant does not have a bachelor’s degree. Formal study in a theologically related field is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in unrelated field is allowed if applicant has a Master’s Degree in spiritual care related field or equivalent, or is currently enrolled in such a Master’s Degree program.
• Four Units (quarters) of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education). At hire, applicant must have at least one unit of CPE or enroll in our internal Clinical Pastoral Orientation and complete 1 unit of CPE within one year. If the chaplain has less than 4 units of CPE, they must agree to complete additional units in a CPE program (one unit at least every six months until fulfilling the requirement of 4 units) from a nationally recognized accrediting agency listed by the U.S. Department of Education. Fifty hours of continuing education in chaplaincy-related topics are required on an annual basis, except when enrolled in CPE or preparing for certification.
• Affiliation with an institutional faith body.
• Current Board Certified Chaplain documentation. Chaplains who have completed 4 units of CPE are expected to become board certified within 12 months. Exceptions must be approved by their manager. Board certification organizations include: National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc, Association of Professional Chaplains, Spiritual Care association (4 units), The Association of Certified Christian Chaplains, or equivalent. Chaplains are required to maintain board certification currency with an organization listed above.
• Valid Driver License (required for Home Health and Hospice positions only).

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Pastoral Care

Organization: AdventHealth Avista

Shift: 1 - Day

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.