Chaplain

You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a hospital Chaplain.

Your compassion is tangible: whether your patient is 18 or 85, they feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.

You’re generous with your compassion, your empathy and especially your ability to listen to others as you work with associates, patients and their families during especially challenging times.

Us.

Lutheran Medical Center is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 249-bed community-based hospital provides comprehensive, specialty care to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Dating back to 1905, we are proud of the rich history and inspiring mission our hospital has embodied for over 110 years.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We’ll hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a hospital Chaplain, you will need to know how to:

• Be responsible for assessing and attending to the spiritual needs of patients, their families, and employees, particularly in times of spiritual distress brought on by life threatening or life altering medical diagnoses and procedures.



• Serve the patient and family by assisting in resolution of bioethical concerns, and may be asked to assist in matters such as securing family permission for organ transplantation, or providing a religious perspective on withdrawing life support systems.



• As a service to the hospital staff, spiritual counseling and support is offered through group work, religious services, hospital celebrations, and other methods.



• Represent the hospital to the broader religious community and the surrounding areas.



• Perform other related duties as directed in order to support the achievement of established goals and objectives.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• Bachelor’s Degree, required



• Master’s Degree in Divinity, Theology or related field within two (2) years of hire is required



• Four units Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) accredited centers, required



• Board Certification by APC, NACC, NAJC, or SCA required within two years of hire. Letter of Recommendation of suitability by senior administrative leader of religious tradition (Parish, Synagogue, Conference, Elder Board, etc.), required



• Two (2) years of experience as a Chaplain in a hospital setting, preferred

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Hospital Chaplain on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.