Chaplain - Pediatric Palliative Care

Intermountain Health

1d•$28 - $44•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Palliative Care Chaplain provides compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients with serious or life-limiting illnesses, their families, and caregivers. As a member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, the chaplain conducts spiritual assessments, offers crisis intervention, and contributes to care planning and decision-making. The role includes facilitating family meetings, supporting advance care planning, and coordinating resources to address each patient’s spiritual and emotional needs. The chaplain works with patients, families, visitors, caregivers, and physicians during illness, trauma, grief, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue. The position participates in palliative care team rounds, including in the ICU, and supports identified patients through the ICU Early Intervention Model. The chaplain also helps coordinate and facilitate family meetings, supports advance directive documentation, responds to crisis situations, and contributes to the Spiritual Care department’s meetings, projects, and quality improvement work.

Requirements

Accredited bachelor’s degree.
Completion of 2 units of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education meeting NACC/APC BCCi approval, with completion within 2 years of hire.
Completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education meeting NACC/APC BCCi approval, with completion within 2 years of hire.
At least 2 years of health care chaplaincy experience, including at least 1 year specifically in palliative care.
Documentation from an ecclesial judicatory body of current endorsement and/or reference prescribed by the applicant’s spiritual or faith tradition, received or reaffirmed within the last 12 months, confirming current endorsement or authorization for hospital chaplaincy ministry and good standing. Documentation must be sent directly by the endorsing or recommending organization. The faith group must be recognized by the Department of Defense Armed Forces Chaplains Board or previously reviewed and approved by BCCi; otherwise, the Intermountain Mission office must approve the authorization or endorsement documentation following review of the faith group.
Empathetic listening, spiritual assessment, and pastoral counseling skills.
Crisis intervention and ability to provide a supportive presence.
Interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork skills.
Verbal and written communication skills.
Meeting and priority management skills.
Digital and electronic documentation competence.
Interfaith knowledge and cultural sensitivity.
Awareness of family and group dynamics.

Nice To Haves

Completion of 4 or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education meeting NACC/APC BCCi approval.
At least 3 years of relevant spiritual care experience in palliative care.

Responsibilities

Support patients, families, and visitors with psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs during illness, trauma, and stress; provide caregiver and physician support related to grief, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.
Participate in daily palliative care interdisciplinary team rounds, including in the ICU, and engage in the ICU Early Intervention Model to help develop and implement ongoing care plans.
Partner with ICU attending and resident physicians to assess the need and timing for family meetings; participate in, schedule, and facilitate meetings as appropriate.
Review charts for advance directives and assist with completing them when needed, ensuring patients’ wishes are clearly documented and respected.
Develop, implement, and document spiritual assessments, interventions, and outcomes in the electronic medical record.
Respond to crises such as resuscitations, trauma, rapid response, death, and security alerts; participate in ethics consultations and triage calls as directed by the care site.
Attend Spiritual Care department meetings, contribute to quality improvement plans and strategy deployment, promote teamwork and collegiality, and provide shift coverage as needed.
Participate in committees and lead specific projects or initiatives as appropriate.
Perform other duties as assigned.