Spiritual Care Associate

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago•Chicago, IL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Lurie Children’s Hospital Spiritual Care Department is committed to providing exceptional spiritual care for people of all spiritual and religious traditions. To enhance our ability to provide personalized care, we value having Spiritual Care associates from diverse spiritual and religious traditions to support our patients, their loved ones and our staff and to advise regarding workplace accommodations for employees from their tradition.

Requirements

Master's degree or higher in field related to their spiritual or religious tradition
Spiritual Care experience in local community, hospital, prison, or other setting
Excellent communication, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work as a part of multiple teams.
Master's Degree: Theology (Required)

Nice To Haves

one unit of CPE preferred, not required
Ability to speak a language(s) in addition to English strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Advise and educate Spiritual Care on best practices to support our patients, families and staff from their tradition. Provides recommendations aligned with their tradition regarding days of special significance, dietary practices, and resource/facilities/infrastructure needs.
Leads services, participates in panel discussions, and provides education as requested about their tradition.
Follows up in a timely fashion on referrals from chaplains with visits for patients, loved ones and staff who affiliate with their tradition.
Provides appropriate resources, rituals requested by patient, loved ones or staff.
Communicates with on-call chaplain before and after each visit.
Participates in spiritual care departmental meetings at least twice a year.
Models the values of our hospital in all interactions with patients, loved ones, colleagues, and staff and performs job functions with focus on excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service.
Shows respect for all spiritual and religious traditions, even those outside of their own specific tradition.
Works as an employee at the hospital only at the request of chaplains and visits only requested patients in their workplace capacity.
Other job functions as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5% employer match
Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
Discount purchasing program