Chaplain

Part time

Join our Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital Spiritual Care Department team as a Contingent Chaplain to provide spiritual care for patients, families, and colleagues. This job is an on-call position and has primary responsibilities in the evenings and weekends. A minimum of one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from an ACPE accredited program is required for this position. Also, the chaplain must be able to respond within one hour of being called in.

Provides Spiritual Care within his/her local ministry, addressing the spiritual needs of patients, participants, residents, families, and colleagues, with a particular focus on spiritual distress, grief support, crisis intervention, and support during significant life changes. As a fully integrated member of the health care team with professional expertise in Spiritual Care, works alongside other care givers, responding specifically to the spiritual needs of those served. Develops, conducts, and participates in programs of spiritual care to promote healthy communities and sacred environments while facilitating the inclusion of faith leaders from churches, synagogues, and mosques, etc. in the provision of Spiritual Care for their members, as appropriate. Reports directly to the Manager of Spiritual Care and in some cases may also report to an immediate ministry site supervisor as appropriate. The following essential functions do not preclude the possible addition of other duties as well.