Chaplain - Hospice of Cincinnati

TriHealth • Blue Ash, OH

7h • Onsite

About The Position

The Chaplain serves patients and families receiving hospice care, offering spiritual and emotional support during serious illness, end-of-life care, and bereavement. This is a field-based home-care position covering the west side of Cincinnati, with travel to patient homes and care settings. The chaplain manages a caseload of approximately 50–65 patients and families, provides care responsive to their needs, beliefs, and goals, and works independently as a self-managed member of an interdisciplinary team. The role includes on-call responsibilities, including some evening, weekend, and holiday coverage, and exposure to emotionally intense situations involving illness, death, grief, and family crisis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE): completion of at least three units through an ACPE-, APC-, NACC-, or NAJC-accredited program.
• Three to four years of professional chaplaincy experience, including hospice, healthcare, or related ministry settings.
• Demonstrated ability to assess and address spiritual and emotional distress in patients and families facing serious illness and end-of-life concerns.
• Candidates who are not board certified must demonstrate commitment to pursuing certification and meet with a certifying committee within three years of hire.
• Ability to travel to patient homes and care settings within the assigned service area.
• Availability to participate in on-call responsibilities, including some evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Divinity, Theology, or equivalency acknowledged by APC, NACC, NAJC, or ACPE.
• Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
• Board certification through the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC), or Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).
• Two to three years of chaplaincy experience beyond CPE training.

Responsibilities

• Visit patients and families to provide pastoral ministry.
• Provide ministry in crisis situations and respond to urgent spiritual care needs.
• Respond in a timely manner to referrals and requests for chaplain services.
• Manage a caseload of approximately 50–65 hospice patients and their families.
• Provide spiritual assessments, interventions, counseling, rituals, and supportive presence based on patient and family needs, beliefs, and goals of care.
• Develop and maintain individualized spiritual care plans consistent with hospice philosophy and regulatory requirements.
• Document patient interactions and care plans accurately and promptly in the electronic medical record.
• Respond to spiritual, emotional, existential, and grief-related crises, including providing support during decline, active dying, death, and bereavement.
• Help patients and families identify sources of meaning, hope, reconciliation, and spiritual comfort.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and care-planning discussions; collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, aides, volunteers, and other team members.
• Support colleagues and contribute positively to team functioning and organizational culture.
• Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, and effective time management in prioritizing patient-care needs.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities as assigned.
• Maintain professional standards, continuing education, and competency development consistent with organizational and certification requirements.
• Function as a positive, self-managed, and collaborative member of the pastoral care and interdisciplinary teams.

Benefits

• Competitive shift differentials.
• Opportunities for professional growth.
• Benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement.
• Mileage reimbursement of $0.72 per mile.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level