SP - Chaplain

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  SP - Chaplain

• Department:

  83140-Spiritual Services

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  0.1

• Shift

  As needed

• Search #:

  2025-530

• Closing Date:

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Per Diem Chaplain to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health this class is accountable for conducting religious services and ministering to pastoral needs of the patients, families, staff, and the UConn Health community. This position is located in Farmington, CT.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION WITH NO STATE PAID BENEFITS

SCHEDULE: As needed and includes evenings, weekends, and holidays to accommodate needs of the community and organization.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Administers rites and sacraments

• Consults with staff to provide effective pastoral care to patients, families and those who serve them

• Participates in team meetings

• Keeps records and writes reports

• May speak to lay and professional groups

• Participates in various educational programs

• Assists in organizing and conducting seminars for community clergy

• Performs related duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of spiritual ministry

• Interpersonal skills

• Oral and written communication skills

• Ability to perform the requirements of formal religious services

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: General Experience:

• Master of Divinity, Theology, Religious study or related field from an accredited institution (CHEA accredited)

• Four (4) Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) accredited by a national accrediting agency such as, National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC), or through a BCCI approved CPE provider are accepted

• Ordination or Commissioning by incumbent's religious body and endorsement by one's denominational authority

• Board Certification as a chaplain, or eligible to become board certified within two (2) years.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Incumbents in this class may be exposed to communicable/infectious diseases and some disagreeable conditions

Hourly Rate : $25.00

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

Salary : $25