Description
Summary: Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events. Responsibilities:
- Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises
- Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide on-going spiritual assessment of patients or families
- Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment
- Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in patient's medical record
- Participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned
- Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care
- Plans and facilitates worship services as needed
- Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions
- Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care
- Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment
- Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes
- Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events
- Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family
- Introduces patient/family to services of the spiritual care department
- Contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family
- Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crises situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes
- Provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed
- Serves as ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life sustaining treatment
- Serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns
- Understands and adheres to the CHRISTUS Health associate covenant and code of ethics
- Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and CSRHs associates
- Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served
- Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.
Requirements: Education
- Master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality required (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification)
- Completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education
Experience
- Minimum of one year supervised ministry in a clinical setting post certification experiences within specialty area(s), presentations to or with other clinicians preferred
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- Certification by APC, NACC, or CPSP
- Must be endorsed by leader of their faith community
Work Schedule: 5 Days - 8 Hours Work Type: Full Time
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Christus Health
Jan 22, 2026