Chaplain I

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

24d

About The Position

The Spiritual Health Clinician provides spiritual, religious, existential, and emotional care to patients and families at all sites of care. The role also provides staff care when work or personal issues may affect their ability to provide the highest level of care. The clinician offers limited education to staff, providers, volunteers, non-employees, and students or trainees, and participates in the organization in supportive capacities. The position uses relationally grounded, evidence-based, and research-informed chaplaincy care, with an emphasis on continuous quality improvement. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and research in Seattle, operating eight clinical care sites and maintaining hospital network affiliations in five states.

Requirements

Either an MDiv or equivalent degree and at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), or at least four units of ACPE clinical pastoral education with at least a bachelor's degree.
Ordination, commissioning, or endorsement for health care chaplaincy by the candidate's religious judicatory body, or actively in process, if such a path exists in the candidate's spiritual tradition.
Ability to communicate effectively with culturally, religiously, and spiritually diverse patients, providers, families, staff, volunteers, and non-employees.
Demonstrated professional values and behaviors, appropriate boundaries and leadership skills, a non-judgmental approach, and respect for every individual's dignity and worth.
Excellent chaplaincy care skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively, function in complex and changing contexts, pursue continuous improvement, demonstrate analytical and detail-oriented skills, and work with electronic charting and Microsoft Office.
Commitment to learning and providing outcomes-oriented, evidence-based chaplaincy care, and a strong desire to become research literate in the field.

Nice To Haves

Education or experience in a major academic health care organization.
Substantial experience in oncology.
Knowledge of spiritual, religious, or existential distress and negative spiritual or religious coping.

Responsibilities

Screen and assess patient and family needs, resources, struggles, hopes, and goals.
Facilitate compassionate conversations, rituals, and connections around patient and family concerns, intervening to sustain, guide, or support healing.
Explore life histories, legacies, and values or goals that guide medical decisions and help patients and families navigate challenging times meaningfully.
Provide care, counsel, debriefings, and specialized programs to support staff, providers, volunteers, and non-employees at all sites of care.
Participate in relationally grounded, evidence-based, research-informed chaplaincy care and continuous quality improvement.
Provide limited education to staff, providers, volunteers, non-employees, and students or trainees.