Chaplain, PRN

Chaplain, PRN

Why UT Southwestern?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the fifth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. You’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

Job Duties

• Assessment of patient needs for spiritual support and provide necessary services and interventions. Pastoral care and support in crisis, grief, new diagnosis, surgery, or other concerns.
• Immediate response for emergencies, traumas, deaths, code blues, end-of-life decisions, ethical conflicts, crisis, disasters, organ/tissue donation/procurement.
• Serves as a resource and advocate related to spiritual and ethical concerns and provides guidance in ethical decision making. Assistance with family conflicts and interpersonal relationships.
• Provide spiritual support resources appropriate to the developmental, emotional, and psychological needs of patients, family members and staff. Accommodates requests for spiritual/religious literature.
• Provide pre-surgery, surgery, post-surgery support to patients and family members.
• Maintain professional certification through continuing education, supervision, spiritual direction, retreats and active membership in APC or NACC. Maintain ecclesial/denominational endorsement.
• Maintain timely and accurate preparation of progress reports, statistical data and projects which support department and hospital goals.
• Assist in training of volunteer chaplains and field education students. Participate in the supervision of volunteer and field education students.
• Provide for Sacramental needs of patients, family members and staff. Facilitate contacting patient’s own clergy. Provide worship opportunities for patients, family members and staff.
• Make referrals to outside resources for additional support and counseling in collaboration with Social Workers, nurses and other members of the health team. Consultation service to staff on specific patient needs.
• Consultation for Advance Directives: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, Directive to Physicians, Family or Surrogates. Consultation concerning Uniform Donor Card matters.
• Education to staff on utilization of Chaplains, ethics issues, advance directives and other topics as need arises. Provide community education as requested. Network with area religious congregations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

• One (1) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). 
• Admission to a CHEA accredited graduate program in ministry or related field.
• Master’s degree in Ministry preferred. 
• Three (3) year healthcare chaplaincy preferred.  

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer and office skills and use of paging system.
• English language proficiency.

Working Conditions

• Minimal physical effort and occasional reaching.
• Frequent mobility over distance.
• Irregular hours.

Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.