Chaplain

CommonSpirit Health • Long Beach, CA

14d • Onsite

About The Position

As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff. Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs. To be successful in this role, you must be a highly compassionate individual, comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional, panicked, stressed, or in pain. You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Demonstrates the ability to safely and competently perform tasks, skills, duties, procedures and responsibilities according to Medical Center Policy and Procedure. Including, but not limited to: Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data. Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care. Carries out the goals and objectives of the Pastoral Care Department. Facilitates the celebration of Liturgy and Sacraments as appropriate to his or her clerical status. Organizes worship services in creative, skilled and ecumenical manner.

Requirements

• Certification and active membership in the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Association of Professional Chaplains or other certifying body.
• Masters Degree in advanced education in Theology of Ministry.
• Firm sense of personal and professional identity with an ability to establish working peer relationships with other members of the health care team.
• Awareness of principles of Catholic Healthcare Ethics and Practices, contemporary theological and psychosocial issues pertaining to illness and hospitalization.
• Ability and openness to serve diverse populations in regard to cultural, faith, and economic backgrounds.
• Basic Life Support - CPR

Nice To Haves

• Clinical Pastoral Education from an accredited training center preferred.
• Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education within 24 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care.
• Offer compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.
• Demonstrates the ability to safely and competently perform tasks, skills, duties, procedures and responsibilities according to Medical Center Policy and Procedure.
• Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data.
• Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care.
• Carries out the goals and objectives of the Pastoral Care Department.
• Facilitates the celebration of Liturgy and Sacraments as appropriate to his or her clerical status.
• Organizes worship services in creative, skilled and ecumenical manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees