Staff Chaplain Part Time

Lurie Children's Hospital•Chicago, IL

1d•$49,920 - $81,619•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Chaplain provides pastoral and spiritual care to children and their families across the continuum of care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The chaplain assesses and responds to age-specific developmental, psychosocial, cultural, emotional, and spiritual needs, with particular attention to coping with illness, religious or spiritual resources, ritual and worship, crisis support, and grief. The role includes planning and leading worship and special services, including memorial services, and offering support to families of dying and deceased patients. The chaplain collaborates with families and clinical teams, makes referrals to team members and community resources, visits assigned clinical areas, attends patient-care and interdisciplinary rounds, and serves as a professional liaison to assigned teams. The role also includes timely intervention in emergencies and crises, documentation, advocacy for child and family needs, and leadership in family-service planning and delivery. Administrative and project-management duties may be assigned; the chaplain may orient and supervise pastoral-care volunteers, precept students, maintain records and resource lists, and participate in hospital-wide pastoral-care intake and on-call systems.

Requirements

Master of Divinity, another graduate pastoral-care or religion degree, 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 currently meeting or pursuing endorsement and certification requirements.
Pastoral-care experience in an acute-care setting, with children and their families, or equivalent.
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.

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 children’s and families’ developmental, psychosocial, cultural, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Provide spiritual and emotional support, including help with coping, spiritual or religious resources, ritual and worship, communication about spiritual and cultural needs, crisis support, grief support, and connections to 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 them to provide appropriate spiritual care.
Provide timely intervention in emergencies and crises, including codes, traumas, deterioration in a patient’s health, and other situations deemed emergent by patients, families, or the care team.
Support families of dying and deceased patients and assist them with necessary hospital protocols.
Document thoroughly and promptly in accordance with professional standards and policies.
Communicate pertinent information with health care team members and inform them about faith-community roles and other factors affecting patients’ and families’ 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 and participate regularly in interdisciplinary rounds.
Participate in team problem-solving and program planning; lead the team and family-service professionals in establishing family-service goals and support effective utilization of Family Services.
Maintain a work environment reflecting pride, ownership, and care for the surroundings, and respond flexibly to customer needs and changing circumstances.
Perform administrative and project-management duties as assigned; maintain appropriate records and statistics.
May orient and supervise pastoral-care volunteers and precept pastoral-care students.
Participate in the hospital-wide pastoral-care intake system and assist with the in-house on-call system as needed.
Maintain and enhance pastoral-care community resource lists for staff use.
Perform other job functions as assigned and adhere to service principles focused on innovation, service excellence, teamwork, and quality care.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance.
Employer contribution toward a Health Savings Account.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
403(b) plan with a 5% employer match.
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 for employees and family members.
Discounts on services at Lurie Children’s facilities.
Discount purchasing program.