Chaplain; NE); FR

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

Rotating Shift (United States of America)

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

A chaplain is an integral member of the health care team and provides pastoral and spiritual services to patients, families, and staff. The core functions of pastoral care include: providing pastoral/spiritual care to assist patients and families in coping with illness or hospitalization; providing pastoral interventions and support in times of stress or crisis (new diagnosis, chronic illness or extended hospitalization, medical or family crisis, trauma, code, end-of-life issues, death);

helping families address their needs for ritual and worship; and linking families with their own religious groups and spiritual traditions. A chaplain also educates staff regarding services and systems that addresses the importance of spiritual care in the context of a family’s healthcare experience and addresses spiritual needs as appropriate throughout the hospital.

• Collaborates to coordinate service delivery with families and appropriate team members across the continuum.
• Makes necessary referrals to other team members and/or community resources.
• Makes pastoral care rounds and visits in assigned clinical areas.
• Attends patient care rounds in assigned areas.
• Identifies, assesses, and responds to child/family needs; includes in this process (identification, assessment, response) age-specific developmental needs, psychosocial needs, cultural needs, and spiritual needs.
• Particularly focuses on the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and families. These needs may include but are not limited to: assistance in coping with illness, spiritual/religious resources; ritual/worship; communication with staff regarding spiritual/cultural needs and practices; support in times of special stress or crisis; grief support; and linkage with own religious group or spiritual tradition. Includes the planning and leading of worship or other special services, including memorial services, in the hospital and elsewhere.
• Develops relationships with families that are caring, trusting, reliable, and beneficial. Utilizes these relationships in providing appropriate spiritual care.
• Provides timely and effective intervention for patients and families in emergency/crisis situations such as codes, traumas, deterioration of patent’s health status, as well as other situations deemed emergent by the patient, family, or healthcare team.
• Offers emotional, spiritual, and grief support to the families of dying and deceased patients and assists these families with necessary hospital protocols.
• Documents in a thorough and timely manner in accordance with professional standards (see assessment/documentation policies).
• Communicates with members of the health care team, through formal and informal means of transmitting information, in order to provide optimal care of patients and families.
• Communicates through both conveying and responding to pertinent information. Informs health care team of the role of faith community and/or other factors impacting the spiritual and emotional status of a patient and family.
• Maintains relationships that facilitate teamwork and referrals. Serves as professional liaison with assigned teams.
• Advocates for and…