Chaplain - Pediatrics

"To Heal. To Teach. To Discover." At University Hospitals, these words represent more than just our mission; they encapsulate the opportunities available to the numerous world-class doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, and support staff who choose to join UH and make a difference.

The Chaplain role within the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital offers a unique chance to become part of a dynamic, collaborative interdisciplinary team. This position adds value to patient care and significantly assists individuals with various issues.

We currently offer an opportunity for a Part Time, Days, Chaplain to support pediatric patients and their families in Cleveland.

Joining our team comes with several benefits, including:

• Free parking for regular status caregivers
• Tuition reimbursement
• Full benefits and retirement
• Support for continuing education, career growth, and professional development

What You Will Do
 

• Provide effective spiritual support that contributes to the wellbeing of each patient, family member, visitor, volunteer, or employee
• Acts as an integral part of the health care team, including interacting with nursing, medical, and support staff to ensure that the appropriate levels of service are met/delivered in a timely manner.
• Provide spiritual care that respects diversity, relative to differences in race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, philosophies, religious perspectives etc.
• Advocate for patients by educating staff about specific religious, spiritual or cultural needs and issues of patients and families which affect their care and treatment.
• Appropriate use of one’s professional authority as a chaplain.
• Establish trusted spiritual care relationships with empathy, openness, and respect
• Assists with the planning/implementation of services that provide spiritual support to the organization and community.

Additional Responsibilities
 

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.