Associate Chaplain

Job description

We Are Hiring

Join our Ascension Michigan spiritual care team as a PRN (as needed) Associate Chaplain at our Ascension St. John, Detroit, MI Campus and Macomb-Oakland Campus.

This PRN position offers you flexibility with your schedule. Our Associate Chaplains support the spiritual care team by covering during vacations, weekends, and on-call schedule.

What You Will Do

Provide religious and spiritual care and counsel for emotional and spiritual distress to patients, their families, associates and others with attention to diverse spiritual orientations and cultures.

+ Assess, provide, and document pastoral care to patients, families and staff.

+ Provide appropriate pastoral care to the local ministry and community through prayer and blessings.

+ Provide consultation to patients, families, and medical staff with ethical decision making and values while making appropriate referrals as needed.

+ Assist in planning, organizing, evaluating, and implementing the spiritual program with each local ministry in order to ensure spirituality initiatives are executed properly.

What You Will Need

Education:

+ Bachelor's degree required.

+ 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by the ACPE required.

+ Master's degree in Theology, Religious Studies, Human Behavior or a related field preferred.

+ 2units of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by the ACPE preferred.

Work Experience:

+ 2 years of healthcare experience is preferred.

Additional Preferences

Why Join Our Team

Ascension Michigan employs over 20,000 compassionate caregivers across 16 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities. Our care teams are dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve. We provide generous paid time off for work-life balance, a collaborative work environment, professional development opportunities and more to help our associates flourish personally and professionally. If you are looking for a rewarding career in healthcare, we invite you to apply today.When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 150,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension SE Michigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action employer. Associates and Applicants receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.Pay Non-Discrimination Notice: \_%20English\_formattedESQA508c.pdfFor further information regarding your EEO rights, click on the following link to the "EEO is the Law" poster: is the Law Poster Supplemen (\_eeo\_supplement\_final\_jrf\_qa\_508c.pdf) tPlease note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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