Chaplain Pastoral Care, Casual, Rotating

The  Chaplain  reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

A chaplain offers spiritual guidance and pastoral care to patients families and hospital staff/medical staff. As representatives of spiritual and/or religious traditions chaplains use insights and principles of psychology religion spirituality and theology.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Delivers a ministry of spiritual care counseling consultation worship prayer sacraments and spiritual/ emotional support services to patients families and hospital personnel/medical staff for the optimal holistic care of patients.
• Identifies and clarifies ethical dilemmas. Findings will be shared with the Ethics Committee Chairs to determine whether an ethics consult is necessary per site policy/procedure.
• Participates in and provides appropriate leadership in interdisciplinary clinical team activities related to planning and coordinating patient care including care conferences team meetings nursing rounds palliative care rounds IDT meetings and family conferences when appropriate.
• Provides end of life support bereavement support as needed.
• Provides education to patients and hospital personnel/medical staff on Advanced Directives including Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Goals of Care conversations.
• Develops and leads spiritual care services within the hospital in collaboration with other members of the Spiritual Care Department.
• Serves as spiritual liaisons between the hospital and community (both religious and secular) with referrals and information with patient/family permission that is compliant with HIPAA regulations.
• Escalates any concerns or issues following the NM chain of command policies.
• Offers religious services to hospital personnel/medical staff as appropriate and when requested.
• Accepts on call for spiritual care coverage crises and emergencies as assigned including nights weekends and holidays. Manager may assign required minimum on-call shifts.
• Assists in leading CALM/Mindful Moments as assigned or as needed.
• Attends to cultural and spiritual dynamics that may improve patient treatment and family dynamics.
• Maintains chapel/sacred spaces and workspaces in a neat fashion while keeping supplies available and stocked.
• Maintains board certification and/or minimum annual CEU requirements as set by certifying bodies and organization/industry standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Manager of Spiritual Care

Qualifications :

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

•  Masters degree in theology religion pastoral care spiritual care or divinity from an accredited institution or equivalent combination of education and experience

•  At least one (1) unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or in process of completing one (1) unit of CPE within 90 days of hire date

Preferred :

• Ordination and/or in good standing within ones faith tradition or certifying organization
• Four (4) Units of CPE Board Certification

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and at times internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and we follow all local state and federal laws including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position however all employment decisions will be made by a person. 

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical emotional and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.

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If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed:  Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Part-time