Chaplain

For more than 50 years St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster Erie Brighton Broomfield Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics ambulatory surgery center birthing center with private birthing suites Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging 2023 we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience wellness and person-centered care we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site with an emphasis on preventive health wellness and health education.

You have a purpose unique talents and now is the time to embrace it live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

Job Description:

• Collaborates with the Spiritual Care team to provide pastoral care services to patients and their family members.
• Responds to urgent situations (codes or death) at the request or referral of administrative coordinators nurses family etc.
• Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values.

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day qualified candidates will need the following:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in spiritual care Arts or equivalent degree from college/university or institution accredited by the applicants institutional faith body. Completion of Roman Catholic deacon training and ordination is also acceptable if applicant does not have a bachelors degree. Formal study in a theologically related field preferred. Bachelors
  degree in unrelated field is allowed if applicant has a Masters degree in spiritual care related field or equivalent or is currently enrolled in such a Masters degree program.
  
• Clinical Pastoral Education units: Affiliation with an institutional faith body. For Advent Health hospitals prefer member of Seventh Day Adventist Church. Four Units (quarters) of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education). At hire applicant must have at least one unit of CPE or enroll in our internal Clinical Pastoral Orientation and complete 1 unit of CPE within one year. If the chaplain has less than 4 units of CPE they must agree to complete additional units in a CPE program (one unit at least every six months until fulfilling the requirement of 4 units) from a nationally recognized accrediting agency listed by the U.S. Department of Education. Fifty hours of continuing education in chaplaincy related topics are required on an annual basis except when enrolled in CPE or preparing for certification.
• Current Board Certified Chaplain documentation: Chaplains who have completed 4 units of CPE are expected to become board certified within 12 months. Exceptions must be approved by their manager. Board certification organizations include: National Association of Catholic Chaplains Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc Association of Professional Chaplains Spiritual Care association (4 units) The Association of Certified Christian Chaplains or equivalent. Chaplains are required to maintain board certification currency with an organization listed above.
• Valid Driver License: Required for Home Health and Hospice positions only

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in spiritual care related field or equivalent degree from accredited college/university or institution accredited by the applicants institutional faith body. Formal study in a theologically related field preferred.