Chaplain

Corewell Health • Niles, MI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chaplain provides spiritual care, counsel, education, and spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff members of all faiths and traditions. The role assists with referrals to leaders of particular faith groups when indicated or requested. The Chaplain supports people coping with illness, injury, or death; collaborates with care teams and spiritual care colleagues; and helps facilitate advance care planning and decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Bible, Theology, religion, pastoral care, ministry practicum, psychology, or counseling.
• Complete one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) within one year after hire.
• Valid State of Michigan driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
• Ordination, commissioning, or endorsement for chaplaincy by the applicant's own religious judicatory.
• Two years of relevant experience providing spiritual care in a hospital, agency, or congregation.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families, and staff, facilitating spiritual understanding, emotional coping, and adjustment in the face of illness, injury, or death.
• Identify and engage additional spiritual providers and resources within or outside the organization when requested and beneficial, using a culturally competent approach.
• Document interactions with patients and families, including assessments and plans, clearly and usefully for departmental and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Collaborate with departmental colleagues to provide seamless spiritual care by receiving referrals, making follow-up visits, and providing hand-off reports.
• Participate in schedules flexibly to help the team provide continuous coverage.
• Integrate professional practice and style into assigned interdisciplinary healthcare teams to enhance whole-person care.
• Prioritize emergent, sometimes concurrent, referrals while maintaining regular duties and managing time across shifts with varying demands.
• Maintain and apply working knowledge of medical ethics, recognize potential conflicts between ethical principles and moral distress in caregivers, and know how to initiate an ethics consultation.
• Facilitate advance care planning conversations and decision-making.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other offerings.
• Optional identity theft protection, home insurance, and auto insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time