On Call Chaplain

About the University of Illinois ChicagoUIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.This position is not eligible for benefits.About UI Health

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a 495-bed tertiary care hospital, 30 outpatient clinics, and 13 Mile Square Health Center facilities, which are Federally Qualified Health Centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.Position SummaryThis position is responsible for the delivery of pastoral care to patients, their families, students, and staff. This position is responsible to ensure that the religious and spiritual needs of patients, their families, students and staff are met.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral ministry (in a timely manner) to patients/families and clinical personnel, taking into consideration multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity and social conditions, without imposing one’s own perspectives.
• Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assist families in using their faith and/or spiritual resources in dealing with illness, trauma, and stress; visit newly admitted patients and patients with special requests; visit critical care areas; follow up with patients from previous visits as appropriate.
• Provide crisis intervention as necessary.
• Provide a range of skills, including empathic reflection, listening/attending, and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
• Document consultation outcomes and retain records per the Pastoral Care process.
• Maintain a working relationship between Pastoral Care and medical staff, nursing staff, and other departments.
• Support an interdisciplinary approach to pastoral care.
• Assess patients and families' spiritual risk factors to include relationship with God/Deity, prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope.
• Provide pastoral counseling to patients and families regarding religious/spiritual and emotional consequences of illness and/or disability, accessing and mobilizing family/community spiritual resources to meet identified needs.
• Provide crisis ministry and bereavement/grief ministry to patients, families, and clinical personnel.
• Collaborate with the patient, family, and multidisciplinary team to ensure identified religious/spiritual/cultural needs are addressed.
• Facilitate spirituality support group on the adult in-patient psychiatric unit, the rehabilitation unit, and other units as invited.
• Provide for coordination of services with community religious institutions.
• Educate patients and families regarding Advance Directives.
• Adhere to all hospital standards, policies, and procedures. Adhere to the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.