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Chaplain

St Mary Medical Center

#Nonprofit #Chaplain #CPR #Healthcare #Basic Life Support #Acute Care #Trauma Center #Ministry #NICU #Pastoral Care

Quick overview

The Chaplain provides direct spiritual, religious, and existential care to patients, families, and staff, particularly during times of crisis or grief. They collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and facilitate religious rituals and worship services.

Requirements summary

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in theology or ministry and have completed Clinical Pastoral Education. Additional requirements include obtaining Board Certification and Basic Life Support certification within 24 months of employment.

professional certificatepostgraduate degreeCPRCrisis interventionPatient advocacyMultidisciplinary collaborationHolistic careBasic life supportGrief supportPastoral careSpiritual counselingSacramental ministryClinical pastoral educationLiturgy facilitationEcumenical worship organizationAge-specific data assessment

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St.
Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California.
Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics.
Additionally, St.
Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief.
You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.
To be successful in this role, you must be a highly compassionate individual, comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional, panicked, stressed, or in pain.
You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Demonstrates the ability to safely and competently perform tasks, skills, duties, procedures and responsibilities according to Medical Center Policy and Procedure.
Including, but not limited to: Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data.
Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care.
Carries out the goals and objectives of the Pastoral Care Department.
Facilitates the celebration of Liturgy and Sacraments as appropriate to his or her clerical status.
Organizes worship services in creative, skilled and ecumenical manner.
Job Requirements Masters Degree in advanced education in theology of ministry.

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