Chaplain
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Seattle, WA - USA
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Job Summary
This is a part-time (0.6 FTE) position working 24 hours per week.
Provide for the spiritual emotional religious and educational needs of patients their families loved ones caregivers staff faculty and volunteers.
Required Education and Experience
Master of Divinity degree or equivalent graduate degree in theology religious studies pastoral counseling or spirituality appropriate for board certification.
Satisfactory completion of four units of clinical pastoral education in a program accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education.
Ordination/commissioning and ecclesiastical endorsement or equivalent for healthcare chaplaincy by ones religious judicatory body as well as a member in good standing with endorsing body.
One year of healthcare ministry experience as staff and/or volunteer.
Proficient experience and interpersonal skills in assessing and addressing spiritual religious and existential distress with anxious patients families and staff.
Experience in working effectively and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team utilizing knowledge and practice of theology the grieving process and medical ethical issues.
Experience in providing staff support (group individual and organizational) through and intentional rounding with staff and teams.
Required Credentials
By three year anniversary of employment sit for board certification.
Must pass board certification and maintain certification by a professional chaplaincy organization that participates in the Common Standards and the Common Code of Ethics (e.g. the Association of Professional Chaplains the National Association of Catholic Chaplains or Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains) except if one is from a religious/spiritual tradition that does not yet have a path to certification by one of the recognized certifying bodies.
Provisional certification is acceptable.
Preferred
Chaplaincy experience in a pediatric hospital or academic healthcare organization focusing on children families and staff.
Ability to communicate orally in Spanish at functional or fluent proficiency or other non-English language.
Experience in communicating effectively with culturally religiously and spiritually diverse patients families staff faculty and volunteers including the use of interpreter services and resources.
Experience in providing staff support through events such as or similar to Tea for the Soul.
Experience in staff support and education related to spiritual care spiritual/religious/existential distress cultural/spiritual humility resiliency and palliative care.
Experience with research related to spiritual care and healthcare chaplaincy.
Compensation Range
$35.28 - $52.92 per hourSalary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.
Benefits Information
Seattle Childrens offers a generous benefit package including medical dental and vision plans 403(b) life insurance paid time off tuition reimbursement and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website Us
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Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region regardless of the families ability to pay. Together we deliver superior patient care advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington Alaska Montana and Idaho the largest region of any childrens hospital in the country.
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As a Magnet designated institution we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion Excellence Integrity Collaboration Equity and Innovation. Whether its delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner practicing the highest standards of quality and safety or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
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One of the best children's hospitals in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Children's Hospital, Foundation and Research Institute advance pediatric care.
