Staff Chaplain - Children's Health : Job Details

Job Title & Specialty Area: Staff Chaplain, Heart CenterDepartment: Spiritual Care and EducationLocation: Children's Health Dallas, TXShift: This is a Full- time (salary) position, working Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pmJob Type: OnsiteWhy Children's Health?At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.Summary:Provide spiritual care and emotional support for patients, patient families and team members throughout the organization. Provide care and support in response to critical events, both patient and community based, in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to ensure emotional needs of all are met. Collaborate with CPE certified educators to support CPE students and their pursuit of formal training.Responsibilities:* Collaborate with psychosocial care team to provide appropriate spiritual care and emotional support to patients and patient families throughout the continuum of care.* Provide assessment of patient and patient families spiritual and emotional needs during admissions including possible religious sacraments and rituals, connect with patient/patient family's faith-based communities.* Respond to patient and patient family needs during times of crisis: code blue, trauma alerts, etc.* Provide decedent care to all patients at end of life and after death including collaborating with medical team to ensure family needs are met, coordinating movement to the morgue and providing viewing opportunities for patient families.* Assist physicians in the communicating and consenting process for autopsies.* Coordinate patient body release with county medical examiners and funeral homes, ensure all appropriate paperwork is completed and placed in patient medical record.* Collaborate with pathology for all autopsies including communication with family of completed autopsy and autopsy review meetings. Coordinate consenting process and transfer of patient body for outside autopsies.* Coordinate with Southwest Transplant Alliance and the medical team for any organ donation conversations with families and be a liaison during the organ donation process including arranging for family requests such as honor walks.* Collaborate with Bereavement Program regarding ongoing grief/bereavement needs of families.* Provide emotional support and spiritual guidance to hospital personnel and others in assigned area(s) of hospital to assist in their personal and spiritual well-being.* Facilitate faith-based gatherings in the chapel to meet spiritual needs of patients, patient families and team members.* Collaborate with other departments such as marketing, communications, DEI, RISE, etc. to provide education for team members regarding faith-based practices and to respond to any community or worldwide events that may have significant impact on patients, patient families and team members.* Participate in regular and special religious services as required; provide instruction in spiritual care techniques to interested* Groups and organizations; maintain liaison between local clergy and hospital staff; represent the hospital in community and* Professional association group meetings.* Provide spiritual care services associated with total patient care in assigned care areas of the hospital; support chaplain residents and interns within the department, and participate in a variety of departmental programs* Participate in hospital and/or system wide committees, representing Spiritual Care; participate in dept based projects including PI endeavors.* Perform other duties and special projects as required.How You'll Be Successful:WORK EXPERIENCE* Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) 4 units Required* Professional or Faith Body Endorsement PreferredEDUCATION* Master's degree (or equivalent graduate coursework) in Divinity, Theology, Philosophy, Psychology, Pastoral care, or related degree field from an accredited university or equivalent RequiredLICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS* Board Certified Chaplain PreferredA Place Where You BelongWe put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.Holistic Benefits - How We'll Care for You:* Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.* 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure* Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)* Caregiver Leave* Adoption and surrogacy reimbursementAs an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.