Chaplain, South Hospital, 1st Shift

UofL Health; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

UofL Health is seeking a Chaplain to provide intensive spiritual care across the hospital and assigned clinical areas. The Chaplain will spend approximately 80% at South Hospital and 20% at Brown Cancer Center at South Hospital, coordinating volunteer on-call chaplains for overnight and weekend coverage.

The role emphasizes assessing spiritual needs, supporting patients, families, and staff, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Master’s level degree accepted by certifying chaplaincy organizations.
• Master of Divinity with specialization in chaplaincy preferred.
• For PRN roles, completion of at least half of a Master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and coordinate community clergy as volunteer on-call chaplains for overnight/weekend coverage.
• Assess patients and families’ spiritual needs and provide culturally sensitive care.
• Communicate spiritual care needs to the interdisciplinary care team and collaborate with staff.
• Provide spiritual care and emotional support to hospital employees.
• Participate in Chaplaincy Services educational programs for interns and residents.
• Document all spiritual care interventions in patients’ medical records.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Spiritual care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication

Volunteer management

HIPAA compliance

Education

Master’s degree (certification-accepted)

Master of Divinity (preferred)

Partial Master’s degree for PRN

Job description

Address

1903 W. Hebron Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165

Address

1903 W. Hebron Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165

Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description

The Chaplain provides intensive and extensive spiritual care throughout the hospital and in assigned clinical areas to diverse patients and their families as well as to hospital employees and the organization. The Chaplain will spend approximately 80% of scheduled time at South Hospital, and 20% at Brown Cancer Center at South Hospital.

Essential Functions

• Recruiting, training, and coordinating a cohort of community clergy as volunteer on-call chaplains for overnight and weekend coverage.
• Assesses patients’ and families’ spiritual needs and resources and provides culturally sensitive spiritual care interventions accordingly, including but not limited to the provision or coordination of religious rituals, crisis care, spiritual counseling, grief counseling, and support groups
• Communicates spiritual care needs of patients and their families as a member of the interdisciplinary care team and collaborates with physicians, hospital staff, and spiritual/religious leaders in the community in the care of patients and their families
• Provides spiritual care and emotional support to hospital employees individually and in group settings
• Participates in the Chaplaincy Services department’s educational programs for chaplain interns and chaplain residents

Other Functions

• Documents all spiritual care interventions and plans of care in patients’ medical records
• Participates in departmental and interdepartmental process improvement initiatives
• Serves on organizational committees or in work groups as assigned or requested
• PRN Chaplains at Jewish Hospital must work at least one (1) weekend shift and five (5) on-call shifts per month
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

• Master’s level degree that is accepted by certifying chaplaincy organizations (required)
• Master of Divinity with specialization in spiritual/pastoral care or chaplaincy (preferred)
• For PRN applicants/positions: Completion of at least half of their Master level degree (preferred)

Experience

• Four (4) units of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) (required)
• For PRN applicants/positions:
• One (1) unit of ACPE accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) (required)
• Four (4) units of ACPE accredited CPE for PRN chaplains (preferred)

Certification

• Eligibility for board-certification through Association for Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association for Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)/Neshama (required)
• Board-certification through APC, NACC, or NAJC/Neshama (preferred)
• For PRN applicants/positions: No certifications required