Chaplain Job Details | HHC

Division:Eskenazi Health

Sub-Division: Hospital

Req ID: 22337

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Varied

Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.

FLSA Status

Job Role Summary

The Chaplain provides ministerial services, commensurate with incumbent's own spiritual traditions. This position provides respectful post-mortem care for decedents and their families, and conducts other morgue-related tasks including body releases and routine post-mortem paperwork.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi Health values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development, and Excellence.
• Provides unit-based assigned coverage for patient, family, and staff care.
• Assists in providing coverage for other areas of the health system as needed or assigned.
• Serves as on-call backup for departmental needs on a rotating basis.
• Serves on hospital committees as assigned or requested
• Provides spiritual counseling to those in need
• Provides ministerial services, commensurate with incumbent’s own spiritual tradition
• Secures provision of ministerial services for those with differing spiritual traditions
• Provides religious programming as needed in the Sanctuary, and assists in maintenance of the space.
• Provides respectful post-mortem care for decedents and their families, and conducts other morgue-related tasks including body releases and routine post-mortem paperwork
• Coordinates/implements Spiritual Care response in crisis situations
• Assists, as needed, with management of ‘Haven of Hope’ family respite rooms
• Supervises volunteers and students operating within the department
• Provides assistance in matters related to Advanced Directives
• Provides assistance in matters related to organ, tissue, and eye donation
• Provides education as needed or assigned on matters for which training has been provided
• Represents facility/department at public events, speaking engagements, etc., as assigned
• Advocates on behalf of patients in the absence of a Patient Advocate
  

Job Requirements

• Successful completion of a Master of Divinity, Ministry, or similar degree, or other denominationally approved/mandated educational program. Equivalency shall be determined by the Spiritual Care Manager and shall recognize the diversity of education required by various faith traditions before ministry commissions are granted.
• Minimum of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education from any CPE provider recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
• Eligibility for Certification as a Board Certified Chaplain within two years of hire. Certification must come from a recognized professional cognate group that subscribes to the Common Code of Ethics for Health Care Chaplains.
• Minimum of three years of previous ministerial experience (health care background preferred)
• Must be ordained/commissioned/endorsed (or equivalent), and in good standing with their ecclesiastical body
• Valid Indiana driver’s license
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Positive professional service provision to patients, families, visitors, and staff
• Good professional judgment
• Appropriate display of initiative
• Ability to function unsupervised
• Ability to direct efforts in crisis situation when on-duty
• Knowledge of multiple modalities of ministry
• Demonstrates positive professional interaction with interdisciplinary team and community representatives
• Demonstrates flexibility to meet needs of the department
• Demonstrates personal integrity
• Ability to remain true to self without imposing views on others (proselytism will not be tolerated)

Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana’s best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute , Eskenazi Health’s programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city’s primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.