Hospital Chaplain: Community Spiritual Care & Support

Community Health Network; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Network in Indianapolis seeks an experienced Chaplain to join its Spiritual Services team. You will respond to pastoral care referrals, perform spiritual assessments, and collaborate with the clinical team to support patients, families, and staff.

The role includes planning workshops, liaising with clergy, facilitating support groups, and participating in on-call rotations to provide evening, night, and weekend care. Relevant education and CPE units are required.

Qualifications

• Respond to requests/referrals for spiritual/pastoral care in a timely fashion.
• Perform spiritual assessments and provide interventions.
• Work with the clinical staff as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team.
• Plan/conduct workshops for hospital staff and volunteers/students.
• Develop relationships to provide spiritual/emotional support during stress/crisis.
• Provide liaison and educational services for clergy, volunteers, and students.
• Facilitate support groups for patients, families, or community.
• Share in on-call rotation for evening, night, and weekend pastoral care.
• Provide on-site supervision of Eucharistic Lay Minister program when needed.
• May not perform all duties; may perform additional related duties.
• Interact effectively with diverse backgrounds under varying stress levels.

Responsibilities

• Responds to requests/referrals for spiritual/pastoral care services in a timely fashion.
• Makes spiritual assessments and provides appropriate interventions.
• Participates effectively with the clinical staff as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team.
• Plans/conducts workshops and/or in-service programs for hospital staff and/or volunteers/students when requested and as necessary.
• Develops relationships with all staff, which allows for the provision of spiritual/emotional support during times of high stress and crisis.
• Provides liaison and educational services for community clergy, volunteers, and/or students as necessary.
• Facilitates support groups for patients, their families, or the community at large as appropriate.
• Shares in the chaplains’ regular on-call rotation providing evening, night and weekend pastoral care services at Network Hospitals.
• If needed, provides support and on-site supervision of the Eucharistic Lay Minister program (A Chaplain of the Catholic faith also performs this function).
• Individuals may not perform all of these duties, or may perform additional, related duties not listed here.
• Ability to effectively interact with individuals of diverse backgrounds and in varying degrees of stress and need is essential.

Skills

Pastoral care

Team collaboration

Workshop facilitation

Clergy liaison

Support groups

On-call pastoral care

Interpersonal skills

Diversity sensitivity

Education

Masters of Divinity

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) 4 units

Job description

Community Health Network in Indianapolis seeks an experienced Chaplain to join its Spiritual Services team. You will respond to pastoral care referrals, perform spiritual assessments, and collaborate with the clinical team to support patients, families, and staff.

The role includes planning workshops, liaising with clergy, facilitating support groups, and participating in on-call rotations to provide evening, night, and weekend care. Relevant education and CPE units are required.