Lead Chaplain

Children's Hospital of Orange County • Orange, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Chaplain provides direct spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and providers, and supervisory leadership to staff chaplains. The position is based in Orange, California, and works an 8-hour day shift. Pay range: $70,949 minimum, $94,037 midpoint, and $117,062 maximum. Rate of pay is determined by factors including knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, education, and position requirements.

The role requires healthcare-related spiritual care experience, supervisory experience providing spiritual care, and experience in program development and/or leadership. Required qualifications include a Master of Divinity, Theology, Pastoral Care, or equivalent; four units of Clinical Pastoral Education from an accredited program; and specified ordination, endorsement, responder, life support, and board-certification credentials.

The work has sedentary to very light functional demands, with specified lifting, carrying, and pushing requirements. Physical activities include bending, climbing, keyboard use and repetitive motion, reaching, sitting, standing, walking, and other listed movements. The role may involve exposure to communicable disease, bloodborne pathogens, chemicals, dust or particulate matter, extreme noise or temperatures, radiation, and uneven surfaces or elevations.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in healthcare-related spiritual care.
• At least two years of supervisory experience providing spiritual care.
• Experience in program development and/or leadership.
• Master of Divinity, Theology, Pastoral Care, or equivalent.
• Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education from an accredited program.
• Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate ideas and thoughts effectively and interpret and assimilate information.
• Skill in word and database processing, public speaking, and engagement.
• Ability to research and analyze best practices for providing spiritual care and identify, evaluate, and resolve problems with appropriate solutions and crisis intervention.
• Pastoral counseling skills, time management and organization skills, and ability to prioritize and build and maintain interpersonal relationships.
• Proof of ordination and ecclesiastical (faith) or community endorsement.
• RQI Responder and Basic Life Support certifications.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license.
• Must be board certified or eligible and obtain certification within two years of hire date.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and providers.
• Provide supervisory leadership to staff chaplains.
• Research and analyze best practices for providing spiritual care.
• Identify, evaluate, and resolve problems using appropriate solutions and crisis intervention.
• Provide pastoral counseling.
• Prioritize work, manage time, stay organized, and build and maintain interpersonal relationships.

What This Job Offers

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