Position Summary: 

The Chaplain provides direct care to patients and families, crisis/trauma support, death and dying support, advance directive education, cultural/spiritual/values/beliefs assessments as part of the interdisciplinary team of caregivers, ministerial functions, and spiritual counseling where patients, families, and staff are facing critical and stressful situations and/or personal adjustment to illness.  The Chaplain collaborates with all members of Bozeman Health to provide excellence in patient spiritual care and emotional support.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Completion of one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE-ACPE)
• Preferred: Graduate Level Theological education
• Preferred: Certification by national certification body
• Preferred: Board Certified Chaplain (BCC)
• Preferred: Ordination by recognized religious organization
• Preferred: Experience with ministerial functions and spiritual counseling

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide direct spiritual care for patients and families consistent with their belief systems
• Provide support at time of death for patients and families
• Education on advance directives when requested
• Responds to emergency spiritual care needs, traumas, and deaths
• Provides ministerial functions, sacraments, blessings, memorial services

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Exercises tact, discretion, sensitivity and maintains confidentiality
• Ability to work varied shifts
• Computer applications, MS Office, EMR, internet applications and standard office equipment
• Strong emotional intelligence, interpersonal and teamwork skills

77211440 Spiritual Health (Corp)