Staff Chaplain I

The Chaplain Associate is responsible for assessing spiritual needs and providing expert spiritual care crisis intervention and support to patients their support community and Howard County Medical Center team members under the direction of the Director of Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy. The chaplain offers emotional and spiritual support from an interfaith perspective without imposing the chaplains own religious orientation on people from diverse religious spiritual and cultural backgrounds.

Effective communication with patients families and employees during crises requires strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrates spiritual care and chaplaincy practice that reflects the Standards of Practice and Common Competencies for Professional Chaplains and the Common Code of Ethics for Spiritual Care Professionals.

Provides on-call services for the hospital as needed.

Work Location: Columbia M.D.

Part-time- Rotating Shift - This position requires working as needed including evenings nights and weekends.

Education:

Completion of a Master of Divinity degree or its equivalent from an accredited Theological School. A minimum of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is required.

Knowledge Skills andAbilities:

Proficiency in spiritual care which is generally attained through a minimum of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program offered by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) or the National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC). Four units of CPE preferred.

Basic Computer skills required.

Salary Range: Minimum 24.32/hour - Maximum 40.16/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.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

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.