Chaplain PRN

Inova Health System; Falls Church, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match

Mental Health Support

Job summary

Inova Health System is seeking a dedicated Chaplain for a PRN role, primarily covering night shifts and weekends. On-call arrival within 45 minutes is required to Inova Health Hospitals.

As a leading nonprofit healthcare provider, Inova emphasizes safety, quality, and patient experience, offering robust retirement and mental health support benefits to its team members and families.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in religious or theological pastoral studies.
• 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an ACPE accredited site.

Responsibilities

• Provides timely and effective spiritual care support to patients, their loved ones, and team members from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Collaborates as a chaplain team member and follows departmental policies and protocols.
• Provides spiritual care support to end-of-life situations and emergencies.
• Flexible with availability for on-call hours with expectations for holidays and weekends.

Education

Master's Degree in religious or theological pastoral studies

1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an ACPE accredited site

Job description

Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Chaplain to join our team. This PRN role will predominately provide support during night shifts and weekends. Must be able to arrive on-site to our Inova Health Hospitals within 45 minutes for on-call arrival time purposes.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Chaplain Job Responsibilities:

The Chaplain PRN assists the Spiritual Care team in supporting an interdisciplinary approach to patient care among nursing, medical, and volunteer chaplain staff. Participates in delivering and/or arranging for effective and appropriate spiritual care support to patients, their loved ones, and staff in assigned areas.

• Provides timely and effective spiritual care support to patients, their loved ones, and team members from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Collaborates as a chaplain team member and follows departmental policies and protocols.
• Provides spiritual care support to end-of-life situations and emergencies.
• Flexible with availability for on-call hours with expectations for holidays and weekends.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Work Schedule: PRN. Must be able to arrive on-site to our Inova Health Hospitals within 45 minutes for on-call arrival time purposes.
• Education: Master’s Degree in religious or theological pastoral studies; 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an ACPE accredited site.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 679742
• Job Category Patient Services
• Posting Date 03/25/2026, 05:00 PM
• Locations Inova Fairfax Hospital (Hybrid)
• Degree Level Master's Degree (MA, MS, MBA, MSN, MPH, etc.)