Chaplain Prn

On-Call Chaplain (PRN Rotating Shift)

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Position Summary:

The On-Call Chaplain provides essential immediate pastoral care services to patients families and staff during non-standard hours including evenings nights weekends and holidays. This role is crucial for delivering holistic spiritual and emotional support across all areas of the Medical Center particularly in emergency or crisis.

Key Responsibilities:

Pastoral Care Provision: Deliver comprehensive chaplaincy services upon request which include but are not limited to:

Bedside visitation and spiritual guidance. Administration of sacraments consistent with the chaplains denomination.

Pastoral counseling is provided for patients families and staff experiencing crisis or distress offering spiritual and emotional support specifically for staff as required.

• Serve as the first responder for emergency pastoral care needs across the hospital campus.

• Maintain precise and current records regarding all calls and visits ensuring strict compliance with all hospital and departmental regulations. Submit a daily report of all activities undertaken via email.

• Maintain currency in theological principles and pastoral care practices through engagement with relevant literature and participation in educational programs (a minimum of one workshop or continuing education event annually is required).

• Complete hospital and departmental orientation prior to the start date and attend the annual departmental professional discussion.

Education: Required: Bachelors degree in Theology or a related field.

Required Training: Completion of a minimum of one semester of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training.

Preferred: Masters degree from an accredited seminary (AATS)

Experience Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Current ecclesiastical endorsement by a recognized religious conference or synod is mandatory.
• Must be an ordained minister authorized to administer sacraments within their religious denomination.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to provide empathetic and supportive communication in highly difficult or sensitive interpersonal situations.
• Capacity to utilize analytical skills to address complex spiritual and ethical problems integrating in-depth experience-based knowledge with established principles.

Salary Range: Minimum 22.00/hour - Maximum 22.00/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where we embrace and celebrate our differences where all employees feel valued contribute to our mission of serving the community and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.