Hospital Chaplain: Spiritual Care & Crisis Support

105 Carolinas Medical Center; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 39,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

Advocate Health’s Mercy - Mission and Spiritual Care Department seeks a part-time chaplain to deliver holistic spiritual care to patients, families, and staff across Toronto? (Note: uses site-specific duties).

The role requires a graduate-level theological degree and clinical chaplaincy experience. Responsibilities include on-call rotation, crisis response, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, while advancing the hospital’s mission and spiritual care services within the Advocate

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication and human relation skills.
• Demonstrated group process skills and leadership.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to address and resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Competence in cross-cultural communication, cultural humility and religious diversity.

Responsibilities

• Delivers wholistic ministry of spiritual care for patients, families, team members and physicians.
• Provides spiritual care, consultation and short-term counseling to patients, families, physicians, and team members as assigned and in accordance with site and system policies, facilitates sacramental ministries.
• Responds to codes, emergencies and/or crises.
• Assists families with their needs in relation to the patient’s illness so they can provide supportive care to the patient.
• Promotes patient safety by reporting issues through established channels and participating in safety initiatives.
• Participates in the life and work of the department and patient service area to assure integrated efficient services; participates in providing overall site coverage, including weekends and holidays, conducts services as scheduled; serves on department, site, or system committees as assigned.
• Participates in patient care planning, interdisciplinary team activities and development, staff and patient directed support groups, orients new team members; participate in grand rounds, case conferences, team meetings, identifying resolving ethical dilemmas in assigned areas.
• Provides consultation to team members to assess the role of a patient’s faith in recovery.
• Represents the values of the religious communities to health care professionals and hospital associates.
• Collaborates with the clinical pastoral education program by mentoring and/or orienting students as assigned and providing feedback to CPE Supervisor regarding student performance and educational needs.
• Supports and interprets the mission and values of Advocate Aurora Health in clinical and departmental responsibilities and team member engagement.
• Supports the hospital ministry of parish clergy through referrals, consultation and education.
• Participates in educational initiatives and support groups for patients and families, team members, community and faith groups; provides spiritual health education, crisis support and debriefings.
• Maintains good standing and ecclesiastical endorsement through active participation in the life and work of one’s faith group.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Cross-cultural communication

Religious diversity

Education

MA/MDiv in religious studies/theology

Job description

Advocate Health’s Mercy - Mission and Spiritual Care Department seeks a part-time chaplain to deliver holistic spiritual care to patients, families, and staff across Toronto? (Note: uses site-specific duties).

The role requires a graduate-level theological degree and clinical chaplaincy experience. Responsibilities include on-call rotation, crisis response, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, while advancing the hospital’s mission and spiritual care services within the Advocate