Chaplain; Part Time Nights
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for:
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Part Time
position
Listed on 2026-01-30
Job specializations:
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Staff Chaplain (Part Time Nights)
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Job Description Collaborates to coordinate service delivery with families and appropriate team members across the continuum. Makes necessary referrals to other team members and/or community resources. Makes pastoral care rounds and visits in assigned clinical areas. Attends patient care rounds in assigned areas.Identifies, assesses, and responds to child/family needs; includes age‑specific developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs. Focuses on emotional and spiritual needs of patients and families, including coping with illness, spiritual/religious resources, ritual/worship, communication with staff, grief support, and linkage with own religious group or tradition. Includes planning and leading worship or other special services, including memorial services, in the hospital and elsewhere.Develops relationships with families that are caring, trusting, reliable, and beneficial. Utilizes these relationships in providing appropriate spiritual care.Provides timely and effective intervention for patients and families in emergency/crisis situations such as codes, traumas, deterioration of patient’s health status, and other emergent situations. Offers emotional, spiritual, and grief support to families of dying and deceased patients and assists with necessary hospital protocols.Documents in a thorough and timely manner in accordance with professional standards (see assessment/documentation policies).Communicates with members of the health care team, through formal and informal means of transmitting information, to provide optimal care of patients and families. Informs the health care team of the role of faith community and/or other factors impacting the patient and family’s spiritual and emotional status. Maintains relationships that facilitate teamwork and referrals. Serves as professional liaison with assigned teams.Advocates for and addresses the spiritual/psychosocial/developmental needs of the child and family throughout the continuum of care. Participates regularly in the health care team’s interdisciplinary rounds.Participates in the team's group problem‑solving and program planning. Provides leadership for the team in the delivery of family services, particularly pastoral care. Advocates for the effective utilization of Family Services. Leads the team and other family service professionals in establishing family services goals for team care delivery.Recognizes that response to the customer and the changing environment may involve going beyond the confines of the traditional job description. Maintains an environment that reflects pride and ownership and shows a willingness to care for the surroundings. Creates an impression that reflects pride in job position and person.Administrative and project management duties, as assigned. May orient and supervise pastoral care volunteers. May precept pastoral care students. Maintains appropriate records and statistics. Participates in hospital‑wide pastoral care intake system. Assists with hospital‑wide, in‑house pastoral care on‑call system as needed. Maintains and enhances pastoral care community resource lists for staff use.Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co‑workers and others.Other job functions as assigned.Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Master of Divinity or other graduate pastoral care or religion degree or equivalent from a school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools or one of the regional Associations of Colleges and Schools;…
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