Hospital Chaplain (Part-Time

Primary Location Santa Clara, California Facility Name Santa Clara Hospital Employee Status: Regular Worker Location: Onsite Schedule Part-time Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20 Shift Day Salary $40050 - $51810 / year Job Number 1401730 Date Posted 04/14/2026
identifying areas of improvement for palliative care-focused quality improvement projects and implementing changes; leading collaborations with the interdisciplinary care team to integrate spiritual screenings, patient histories, and assessments into scope of practice; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; Contributes to collaborative efforts in spiritual care by: recognizing the need for an interdisciplinary team, consult services, and departments and collaborating across the continuum of care; and collaborating with relevant external spiritual care programs (e.g., Interfaith Councils, Music Ministry, CPE Centers), diverse spiritual leaders, and community partners to provide resources and/or care to patients, their families and loved ones, and staff.
Provides patient, loved ones, and staff counseling services by: applying diverse spiritual care assessment models to evaluate spiritual needs, issues, and concerns and recommend appropriate spiritual counseling services and/or care interventions; leveraging crisis intervention methods and techniques to help patients, loved ones, and staff experiencing a crisis event or emotional, spiritual, and/or existential distress; helping to triage existential and spiritual counseling and creating appropriate care plans while demonstrating sensitivity, respect, and compassion; and documenting spiritual assessments and interventions in the patient care record and following established charting methodologies in accordance with policies and procedures.
Provides spiritual care by: role modeling cultural sensitivity (e.g., identifying and/or tending to spiritual or religious needs including providing supportive counseling, services, and/or events throughout the year (e.g., Ash Wednesday, Ramadan) for individuals of diverse faiths, backgrounds, religious needs, cultural rituals, and practices; providing spiritual resources to patients, loved ones, and staff (e.g., phone support, home visitations, self-care strategies, literature, memorial services, spiritual practices, and alternative care); and evaluating the quality and satisfaction of spiritual care services, including patient survey responses to ensure patients, loved ones, and staff receive the appropriate spiritual support, comfort, nurturing of well-being, resources, and guidance needed.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
Bereavement Risk Assessment
Community Engagement
Education and Training
Spiritual Care Assessments and Interventions
Spiritual Care Counseling
Spiritual Care Resources
Masters degree in Divinity, Theology or related field from an accredited university AND minimum two (2) years of pastoral care experience in a Hospital, Clinic, Ambulatory, Home Health/Palliative Care, or Hospice setting.

Four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education completed from an accredited program preferred.
Ordained, licensed, or endorsed for health care chaplaincy by a recognized religious/spiritual body.
California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Hospital Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Part-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Worker Location: Onsite Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: