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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

**Saint Francis Hospital a member of Trinity Health Of New England** is looking for a **Chaplain** to join our mission driven Spiritual care team.

The **Chaplain is** a member of our Spiritual Care team, 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. This position serves as a regional chaplain with a main location at Saint Francis with support provided at other Trinity Health Of New England locations as needed.

What you will do

+ As a fully integrated member of the health care team with professional expertise in Spiritual Care, the Chaplain 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, facilitating the inclusion of faith leaders from churches, synagogues and mosques, etc. in the provision of Spiritual Care for their members, as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

+ **Master’s degree** in theology, Religion, Spiritual Care or Spirituality, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

+ **1- 3 years of Spiritual Care experience, including CPE training, is required.** Chaplaincy or Spiritual Care ministry experience is preferred.

+ **Board Certified Chaplain (BCC)** preferred APC, CASC, NACC, and NAJC, which includes completion of a Master's degree as required by one of the certifying agencies from a Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) academic institution with completion of 4 units (1600 hours) of ACPE accredited Spiritual Care education, and faith based endorsement as recognized by one of the certifying agencies.

Position Highlights and Benefits

+ **40 hours / Week.**

+ Our Mission and Core Values

+ Award-winning Hospitals and Departments

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran