Staff Chaplain Part Time

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

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Chaplain provides spiritual, emotional, and pastoral care to pediatric patients and their families across the continuum of care. The role identifies and responds to age-specific developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs, with particular attention to coping with illness, spiritual or religious resources, rituals and worship, crisis support, grief, and connections with families’ religious or spiritual communities. The chaplain develops trusting relationships with families, provides timely support during emergencies and end-of-life situations, and coordinates care and referrals with hospital teams and community resources. The position collaborates with healthcare teams through communication, patient-care rounds, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and family-services planning. It advocates for children and families, serves as a professional liaison to assigned teams, and supports effective delivery of pastoral care. Duties may also include administrative and project work, maintaining records and resource lists, participating in hospital-wide pastoral-care intake and on-call systems, orienting or supervising volunteers, and precepting students. The role is based at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and is listed for the night shift.

Requirements

Master of Divinity, another graduate degree in pastoral care or religion, or equivalent, from a school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools or one of the regional Associations of Colleges and Schools.
Four quarters of clinical pastoral education or equivalent experience.
Endorsement for ministry by the chaplain’s affiliated religious group, such as ordination or denominational endorsement.
Certification by a professional chaplains’ endorsing body recognized by COMISS, or active pursuit of the requirements for endorsement and certification.
Pastoral-care experience in an acute-care setting, with children and their families, or equivalent experience.
Ability to think proactively, act creatively, and take initiative appropriately.
Excellent communication, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work as part of multiple teams.
Master’s degree in Religious Studies (listed as required).

Nice To Haves

Spanish language abilities and skills are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate service delivery with families and appropriate team members across the continuum of care, making referrals to team members or community resources as needed.
Conduct pastoral-care rounds and visits in assigned clinical areas and attend patient-care rounds.
Identify, assess, and respond to patients’ and families’ developmental, psychosocial, cultural, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Provide spiritual and emotional support, including assistance coping with illness, access to spiritual or religious resources, rituals and worship, crisis support, grief support, and connection with a family’s religious group or spiritual tradition.
Plan and lead worship and other special services, including memorial services, in the hospital and elsewhere.
Build caring, trusting, reliable relationships with families and use those relationships to provide appropriate spiritual care.
Intervene in emergency and crisis situations, including codes, traumas, deterioration in a patient’s health status, and other situations deemed emergent.
Support families of dying and deceased patients, including grief support and assistance with hospital protocols.
Document care thoroughly and promptly in accordance with professional standards and policies.
Communicate relevant information with healthcare team members and inform them about faith-community involvement and factors affecting a patient’s or family’s spiritual and emotional status.
Maintain relationships that facilitate teamwork and referrals, and serve as a professional liaison with assigned teams.
Advocate for children’s and families’ spiritual, psychosocial, and developmental needs throughout the continuum of care.
Participate regularly in interdisciplinary rounds, team problem-solving, and program planning.
Provide team leadership in family-services delivery, advocate for effective use of Family Services, and help establish family-services goals.
Perform administrative and project-management duties as assigned.
Possibly orient and supervise pastoral-care volunteers and precept pastoral-care students.
Maintain appropriate records, statistics, and pastoral-care community-resource lists.
Participate in the hospital-wide pastoral-care intake system and assist with the in-house on-call system as needed.
Perform other assigned functions and follow service principles focused on innovation, service excellence, teamwork, and high-quality care.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance
Employer contribution toward a Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
403(b) with a 5% employer match
Voluntary supplemental life, AD&D, and disability coverage
Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup childcare and eldercare
Employee Assistance Program and specialized behavioral health services and resources
Discounts on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
Discount purchasing program
Potential differentials for some hourly employees, leadership incentives for select roles, and wellbeing programs