Chaplain

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Chaplain

• Department:

  83140-Spiritual Services

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  0.8

• Shift

  varies

• Search #:

  2025-1175

• Closing Date:

  04/09/2025

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
• This position is in salary group UHP-08; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a part-time Chaplain to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health this class is accountable for conducting religious services and ministering to pastoral needs of the patients, families, staff, and the UConn Health community. This position is located in Farmington, CT.

SCHEDULE: Part time, primarily Monday - Friday, 64 hours every two weeks and includes evenings, weekends, and holidays to accommodate needs of the community and organization.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Administers rites and sacraments

• Consults with staff to provide effective pastoral care to patients, families and those who serve them

• Participates in team meetings

• Keeps records and writes reports

• May speak to lay and professional groups

• Participates in various educational programs

• Assists in organizing and conducting seminars for community clergy

• Performs related duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of interfaith spiritual care in the hospital setting

• Interpersonal skills

• Oral and written communication skills

• Ability to perform the requirements of formal religious services

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: General Experience:

• A master's degree relevant to the practice of chaplaincy conferred by a college or institution accredited by CHEA.

• Four (4) Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) accredited by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC), or through a BCCI approved CPE provider are accepted

• Faith Group Endorsement or Recognition providing documentation of current endorsement or acceptable language in accordance with the applicant's spiritual/faith tradition

• Board Certification as a chaplain, or eligible to become board certified within two (2) years.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Incumbents in this class may be exposed to communicable/infectious diseases and some disagreeable conditions

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.