Job Code:	1590
Job Title:	Chaplain II
Creation Date:	06/26/99
Revision Date:	08/06/02
FLSA Status:	Exempt

Job Summary:

To provide spiritual care services and to assess appropriate spiritual care goals and support for patients, families, and staff.

Major Duties / Critical Tasks:

• Assesses spiritual strengths and needs of patients, families, and staff.
• Provides spiritual care through visits, individual and family appointments, support groups, memorial services and other opportunities. Respects the rights and needs of all, including those who refuse spiritual care.
• Responds to spiritual care consults in a timely manner.
• Documents spiritual care of patients and/or families in patient’s chart.
• Provides monthly statistical summary of spiritual care activities.
• Develops effective relationship with other disciplines and participates in patient care teams.
• Represents the Department of Pastoral Care in the community, collaborates with local faith groups, congregations, and clergy. Develops outreach to enhance community service by the department and increase resources for patients, families, and staff.
• Maintains leadership/supervisory skills for supervising volunteers, overseeing special projects, and leading groups or teams to accomplish goals of the Department and UTMB.
• Participates as a full member of the Department of Pastoral Care, including regular attendance of staff meetings, rotating duties of chapel prayer services and on-call coverage.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Education / Experience:

Masters degree in Theology/Divinity or the equivalent from an accredited theological seminary. Endorsement for Chaplaincy by the appropriate faith-group endorsing body. Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education. Appropriate Certification by the Association of Professional Chaplains. One year experience in a Health Care setting. 

Equipment:

Standard office equipment.

Working Environment:

• Standard hospital, clinic, office, and community environments.
• Moderate physical effort may be required such a walking, standing, and driving to off-campus locations.
• Vision, hearing, speech, and sense of touch must be such as to allow functioning within an office environment and to send and receive clear and accurate instruction.
• Shift, weekend, and on-call work may be required.
• Ability to work in stressful situations and to cope with changing and competing demands.
• Ability to work in a culturally and religiously diverse environment.

Other: 

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code. 

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.