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Montgomery County, PAtime type:
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REQ-0021250**Job Details**Staff Chaplain**Job Description****Job Summary**The Spiritual Care Supervisor/Staff Chaplain provides compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff while overseeing the operations of the Spiritual Care Department. This role combines direct pastoral care with leadership responsibilities, including supervising chaplains, managing schedules, and ensuring quality spiritual care services. The position requires strong counseling skills, cultural and religious sensitivity, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The chaplain also serves as adjunct faculty for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) programs and participates in departmental education initiatives. **Essential Functions*** Provide spiritual care assessments and interventions for patients, families, and staff, responding to diverse spiritual and emotional needs in a non-judgmental manner.* Deliver crisis intervention during emergencies (e.g., Code Blue) and share in trauma and on-call coverage (daytime, weekends, overnight).* Lead religious rituals, services, bereavement groups, and support groups as appropriate.* Supervise Staff Chaplains, Contractor Chaplains, and CPE Chaplains; oversee onboarding, training, and continuing education programs.* Manage departmental operations, including scheduling, payroll, and compliance with project deadlines and budgets.* Conduct annual performance evaluations and participate in interviewing and hiring processes.* Maintain accurate documentation in electronic medical records and ensure adherence to organizational policies.* Promote a positive patient experience and demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills **Education and Experience Requirements*** **Education:** Master’s Degree (M.Div or equivalent) required.* **Clinical Training:** Completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (minimum 4 units) required.* **Experience:** Minimum of 1 year in pastoral care and 3 years of chaplaincy experience preferred; experience in healthcare settings strongly preferred. **Certifications and Licenses*** Board Certification (or eligibility) by the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), NACC, NAJC, or equivalent required within 18 months of hire. **Supervisory Responsibilities*** Direct supervision of Contractor Chaplains (5–8) and CPE Chaplains (5–10).* Responsibilities include instructing, reviewing work, hiring/terminating, assigning work, assessing performance, and disciplining **Work Environment*** Primarily indoor hospital setting with frequent walking, standing, and interaction with patients and staff.* Requires flexibility for on-call and emergency response coverage.* Physical demands include occasional lifting (up to 25 lbs.), standing, walking, and sitting.**Work Shift**Workday Day (United States of America)**Worker Sub Type**Regular**Employee Entity**Albert Einstein Medical Center**Primary Location Address**60 Township Line Road, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaNationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.
is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. **Benefits**Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.For more benefits information, please clickIn keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Montgomery County, PAtime type:
Full timeposted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition id:
REQ-0021250**Job Details**Staff Chaplain**Job Description****Job Summary**The Spiritual Care Supervisor/Staff Chaplain provides compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff while overseeing the operations of the Spiritual Care Department. This role combines direct pastoral care with leadership responsibilities, including supervising chaplains, managing schedules, and ensuring quality spiritual care services. The position requires strong counseling skills, cultural and religious sensitivity, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The chaplain also serves as adjunct faculty for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) programs and participates in departmental education initiatives. **Essential Functions*** Provide spiritual care assessments and interventions for patients, families, and staff, responding to diverse spiritual and emotional needs in a non-judgmental manner.* Deliver crisis intervention during emergencies (e.g., Code Blue) and share in trauma and on-call coverage (daytime, weekends, overnight).* Lead religious rituals, services, bereavement groups, and support groups as appropriate.* Supervise Staff Chaplains, Contractor Chaplains, and CPE Chaplains; oversee onboarding, training, and continuing education programs.* Manage departmental operations, including scheduling, payroll, and compliance with project deadlines and budgets.* Conduct annual performance evaluations and participate in interviewing and hiring processes.* Maintain accurate documentation in electronic medical records and ensure adherence to organizational policies.* Promote a positive patient experience and demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills **Education and Experience Requirements*** **Education:** Master’s Degree (M.Div or equivalent) required.* **Clinical Training:** Completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (minimum 4 units) required.* **Experience:** Minimum of 1 year in pastoral care and 3 years of chaplaincy experience preferred; experience in healthcare settings strongly preferred. **Certifications and Licenses*** Board Certification (or eligibility) by the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), NACC, NAJC, or equivalent required within 18 months of hire. **Supervisory Responsibilities*** Direct supervision of Contractor Chaplains (5–8) and CPE Chaplains (5–10).* Responsibilities include instructing, reviewing work, hiring/terminating, assigning work, assessing performance, and disciplining **Work Environment*** Primarily indoor hospital setting with frequent walking, standing, and interaction with patients and staff.* Requires flexibility for on-call and emergency response coverage.* Physical demands include occasional lifting (up to 25 lbs.), standing, walking, and sitting.**Work Shift**Workday Day (United States of America)**Worker Sub Type**Regular**Employee Entity**Albert Einstein Medical Center**Primary Location Address**60 Township Line Road, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaNationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.
is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. **Benefits**Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.For more benefits information, please clickIn keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. #J-18808-Ljbffr