Chaplain
Englewood-CO-80110-United States
POSITION SUMMARY
The Chaplain provides compassionate, inclusive, and interfaith spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families, and staff at Craig Hospital. This role is responsible for assessing spiritual needs, offering trauma-informed, nonjudgmental care, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to integrate spiritual support into patient care.
Posting Closing Date: July 11, 2025
Rate of Pay: $22.67 - $32.65 per hour based on experience.
This position is per-diem
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Licensure/Certification/Registrations: Tissue Designated Requestor Certification required. Preferred ordination or ecclesiastical endorsement within a religious body. Board-certified or certificate eligible.
- Education: Master of Divinity or equivalent from an accredited theological seminary required. Completion of at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an ACPE-accredited center. Letter of recommendation from a senior religious leader (e.g., Parish, Synagogue, Conference, Elder Board). Minimum two (2) years’ experience required.
- Experience: Chaplaincy experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Skills & Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge of inclusion, diversity, and trauma-informed care practices.
Proficiency in assessing spiritual well-being, personal meaning, life purpose, and identifying appropriate spiritual and emotional resources. Ability to effectively integrate spiritual goals and interventions into interdisciplinary care plans. In-depth understanding of grief, loss, end-of-life care, and spiritual development across the lifespan. Capacity to offer a reflective, empathetic, and nonjudgmental pastoral presence in diverse clinical settings. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document and convey information clearly and professionally. Ability to distinguish between spirituality and religion, and to apply each appropriately within the context of holistic care delivery. Sufficient interfaith and cross-cultural knowledge to address the diverse spiritual needs of patients, families, and staff. Skilled in engaging individuals holistically to provide guidance, counseling, and support based on clinical and spiritual principles. Proven ability to minister effectively to individuals from a wide range of cultural, spiritual, and religious backgrounds. Competence in facilitating discussions on sensitive topics, including end-of-life decisions, grief, and organ or tissue donation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assess and plan for the individual spiritual care needs of staff, patients, and families.
- Respond to referrals and initiate spiritual care visits.
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and document appropriately in the electronic medical record.
- Provide crisis spiritual support and grief counseling.
- Address end-of-life concerns including advance directives, spiritual distress, and meaning-making.
- Support the spiritual requests and rituals of diverse faiths, including the sacramental needs of Catholic patients (e.g., Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick).
- Foster partnerships with community clergy and faith leaders.
- Promote the values, vision, and mission of Craig Hospital.
- Participate in on-call coverage as needed.
- Support trauma-informed care practices.
** This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned.
Craig Hospital Benefits:
Per-Diem Positions:
Employees who are not benefit eligible due to working less than 24 hours/ week or being Per-Diem are able to participate in Craig Hospital’s 403B Retirement plan through Empower Retirement. Additionally, you will be able to take advantage of the programs offered through the Employee Assistance Programs.
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