Chaplain - Per Diem

University of California, San Francisco • San Francisco, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Per Diem Chaplain is a fully onsite spiritual care specialist who responds to the emotional, existential, spiritual, and religious needs of patients and their families, faculty, staff, allied health students as appropriate, and other health care team members. The role requires flexibility and skillful collaboration and may involve working onsite in San Francisco and/or Oakland as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma and four years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree in a related area.
• Two or more years of directly related experience.
• Completion of at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education; four units are preferred.
• Working knowledge of the clinical environment and counseling and behavioral practices used in spiritual care for patients and family members.
• Working knowledge of a variety of religious and spiritual traditions and of providing appropriate spiritual care in a multi-faith clinical setting.
• Working knowledge of ethical and confidentiality issues involved with clinical chaplaincy.
• Flexibility and adaptability to remain calm and deal effectively with changing situations involving crises and stress.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work with and accept people of diverse beliefs, cultures, ethnicities, ages, and health conditions, and to collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills, computer proficiency, and a working understanding of medical records.
• Working knowledge of spiritual assessment models, solid spiritual assessment skills, and ability to communicate spiritual assessments to the health care team verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish connections with key people quickly and function well in crisis and trauma situations, demonstrating compassion, flexibility, sensitivity, and command when needed.
• Excellent spiritual care judgment and triage skills.
• Ability to work onsite in San Francisco and/or Oakland when needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in theology, divinity, religious studies, or equivalent relevant training or experience.
• Endorsement, ordination, commissioning, or official recognition by an affiliation group to function as a professional chaplain.
• Maintains good standing in the affiliation group.
• Eligible for certification with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), Neshama: the Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC), or the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC).
• Completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by ACPE.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual care to patients and their families, faculty, staff, allied health students as appropriate, and other health care team members.
• Respond to emotional, existential, spiritual, and religious needs.
• Communicate spiritual assessments of patients and families to the health care team, verbally and in writing.
• Provide spiritual care in crisis and trauma situations.

What This Job Offers