Chaplain, Weekends Full-Time, Non-Board Certified

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 Summary

Weekend full-time shifts. 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. Serves as a resource and advocate related to spiritual and ethical concerns. Assistance with conflicts and interpersonal relationships. Provide spiritual support resources appropriate to the developmental, emotional, and psychological needs of patients, loved ones and staff. Provide pre-surgery, surgery, post-surgery support to patients and family members. Maintain timely and accurate preparation of reports, statistics and projects, which support department and hospital goals. Provide for Sacramental needs of patients, family members and staff. Facilitate contacting patient's own clergy. Consultation for Advance Directives. Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

• Four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
• Admission to a CHEA accredited graduate program in ministry or related field.
• 1 year chaplaincy experience

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in Ministry preferred.

Job Duties

• Assessment of patient needs for spiritual support and outcome-based provision for services and interventions. Record assessments and outcome processes in Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Document other pertinent information for continuity of care and staff care.

• Immediate response required for code blues, code stroke, end-of-life requests and time sensitive requests. Ability to triage requests, maintain pager responsibilities as assigned and collegially communicate ongoing needs to team for handoffs is crucial.

• Serve as a resource and advocate related to spiritual and ethical concerns and provide reflective presence in decision making. Provide assistance with family conflicts, interpersonal relationships and advance planning including consult and facilitation of Advance Directives and communication of decision making issues to the multidisciplinary team.

• Provide unbiased spiritual support resources appropriate to the developmental, emotional, religious and psychological needs of patients, their loved ones and staff.

• Maintain timely and accurate preparation of progress reports, statistical data and projects which support departmental and hospital metrics goals.

• Participate in the collegial clinical support of staff chaplains, students and volunteers in accordance with departmental standards of collegial practice.

• Provide for sacramental or religiously specific needs of patients, their loved ones and staff. Facilitate contacting outside resources when necessary. Provide worship opportunities and/or supportive group activities for patients, family members and staff.

• Communicate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for specified patient needs and advocacy.

• Offer education to staff on utilization of Spiritual Care and Support with working knowledge of ethical issues, advance planning, decision making and other topics as need arises. Provide community education as requested.

• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

• Minimal physical effort and occasional reaching.

• Frequent mobility over distance.

• Irregular hours.

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. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

Benefits

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage

• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare - no copay

• Paid Time Off, available day one

• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)

• Paid Parental Leave Benefit

• Wellness programs

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!