Associate Chaplain Flex

Job Overview

The Associate Chaplain provides spiritual care, counseling, and crisis intervention for patients, families, and team members of Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) in collaboration with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership. The Associate Chaplain offers spiritual guidance and resources during hospitalization and periods of illness, crisis and loss, providing services to a diverse population encompassing all faiths.

• Neonate - 30 days to 1yr
• Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs
• Older Adult 65 yrs +

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Assesses the source of internal strength (spiritual or faith tradition) for patients, families, and team members. Responds to spiritual care needs and requests while on-call related to illness, trauma, crisis, end of life, stress, and loss. Documents interventions and services provided.
• Performs religious rites, services, as requested by patients and/or families, and acts as a resource collaborating with community faith leaders.
• Collaborates with staff chaplains and Spiritual Care leadership to assess the need for crisis debriefing and coordinates with organizational resources for staff spiritual resilience.
• Provides spiritual care materials for the support of patients and families. Supports team members with their spiritual resiliency and compassion development in collaboration with staff chaplains.
• Provides spiritual services in alignment with departmental and organizational objectives and strategies.
• Participates in departmental meetings and projects as assigned.

Guidelines:
Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.

Complexity:
Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.

Decision Making:
Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non-routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

Communications:
Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

Supervision Received:
Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.

Degrees

Master's

Area of Study

Successfully completed or currently enrolled in a Master of Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, Theology, or related field degree program; and completed at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at an ACPE accredited teaching center.

Based on dept needs

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Rate of Pay: $31.67

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that…