"To Heal. To Teach. To Discover." At University Hospitals, these words represent more than just our mission; they encapsulate the opportunities available to the numerous world-class doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, and support staff who choose to join UH and make a difference.
The Chaplain role within the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center offers a unique chance to become part of a dynamic, collaborative interdisciplinary team. This position adds value to patient care and significantly assists individuals with various issues.
We currently offer an opportunity for a Full Time, Days, Chaplain to support adult patients and families in Cleveland.
Joining our team comes with several benefits, including:
- Free parking for regular status caregivers
- Tuition reimbursement
- Full benefits and retirement
- Support for continuing education, career growth, and professional development
What You Will Do
- Provide effective spiritual support that contributes to the wellbeing of each patient, family member, visitor, volunteer, or employee
- Acts as an integral part of the health care team, including interacting with nursing, medical, and support staff to ensure that the appropriate levels of service are met/delivered in a timely manner.
- Provide spiritual care that respects diversity, relative to differences in race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, philosophies, religious perspectives etc.
- Advocate for patients by educating staff about specific religious, spiritual or cultural needs and issues of patients and families which affect their care and treatment.
- Appropriate use of one’s professional authority as a chaplain.
- Establish trusted spiritual care relationships with empathy, openness, and respect
- Assists with the planning/implementation of services that provide spiritual support to the organization and community.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
- Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
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(BCCI) through the Association of Professional Chaplains, the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or a similar group with the goal of obtaining certification (Preferred within 2 Years)%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EEcclesiastical Endorsement or Ordination/Commissioning (Preferred)%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EWork Experience%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cbr%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E3+ years experience providing spiritual care in clinical hospital setting (Preferred)%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EExperience with end-of-life, trauma, bereavement, pediatric or adult care (Preferred)%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EKnowledge, Skills, %26amp; Abilities%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cbr%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EWorking knowledge of Windows Operating System%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EExcellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EDocuments all visits and calls in the electronic medical record within the appropriate timeframe%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3ECrisis intervention, spiritual care, spiritual assessment, problem solving, critical thinking%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EAbility to provide spiritual leadership and consultation in a high stress environment; work with all levels of the organization%3C/span%3E%3C/li%3E%3C/ul%3E%3Cp%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cu%3EPosition Details/Preferred Qualifications%3C/u%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:16px;%22%3EThis Chaplain role is a clinical service providing last rights, end of life support and family services during profoundly challenging life events for our adult patients and families, located in our Seidman Cancer Center.%26nbsp;%3Cspan style=%22mso-spacerun:yes;%22%3E %3C/span%3EThe ideal candidate will have 3+ years’ experience providing spiritual care in a clinical hospital setting, as well as experience with end-of-life, trauma, or bereavement. 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