Chaplain

Staff Chaplain

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• Competitive pay
• Additional Benefits: tuition reimbursement, free parking, employee discounts
• Quality of Life:
  Flexible work schedules
• Advancement: professional growth within the organization
• Location:
  
  Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers near Washington DC and Baltimore, MD

Type: Full-time

Shift: Night Shift

• Provides Spiritual Care within the local ministry, addressing the spiritual needs of patients, participants, residents, families, and colleagues, with a focus on spiritual distress, grief support, crisis intervention, and support during significant life changes.
• As a fully integrated member of the health care team with professional expertise in Spiritual Care, works alongside other care givers, responding specifically to the spiritual needs of those served.
• Develops, conducts, and participates in programs of spiritual care to promote healthy communities and sacred environments while facilitating the inclusion of faith leaders from churches, synagogues, and mosques, etc. in the provision of Spiritual Care for their members, as appropriate.

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behavior, practice, and decisions.
• Makes available, delivers, and facilitates transformative Spiritual Care experiences to patients, residents, participants, visitors, and all colleagues across the healthcare continuum.
• Implements systems and processes to assess religious and spiritual needs, including needs for ethics consultation, and provides interventions or referrals based on the assessed needs.
• Documents in the electronic medical record professional Spiritual Care assessments, interventions, and outcomes with appropriate plans of care.
• In collaboration with the Spiritual Care Manager, measures, evaluates, and improves functional processes of Spiritual Care for effectiveness in accordance with approved Mission Integration strategy and tactics.
• Facilitates opportunities for interfaith or specific faith meditation, prayer, worship, and participation in religious sacraments, in collaboration with clergy or ministers from outside communities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, and other relevant policies.
• Reports directly to the Manager of Spiritual Care and may also report to an immediate ministry site supervisor as appropriate.

• Master's degree in Theology, Religion, Spiritual Care, or Spirituality, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two to three years of Spiritual Care experience in the ED/ER preferred, including CPE training.
• Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) for five years strongly preferred via APC, CASC, NACC, or NAJC, including completion of a master’s degree and 4 units (1600 hours) of ACPE accredited Spiritual Care education.
• CISM training and/or experience leading debriefing and responding to moral distress among staff.
• Experience with de‑escalation techniques and responding to chaotic situations.
• Bilingual preferred but not required.
• Must be willing to travel to both Silver Spring and Germantown locations.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to present effectively before groups.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and relevant software programs.
• Comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not‑for‑profit health system serving more than 240,000 individuals each year from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Holy Cross Health has earned numerous national awards, clinical designations, and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high‑quality health care services. We were named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2021.

Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.