**Responsibilities** **Job Summary / Purpose:** As part of the interdisciplinary health care team, the chaplain provides expertise regarding the spiritual dimension of human life and healing as it interrelates to illness and death. The chaplain provides extensive and intensive spiritual care to patients, families, and staff from diverse spiritual/religious backgrounds with respect for the dignity and unique experience of each person, helping to ensure whole-person approach to healing. **Essential Functions:** + Works collaboratively with members of the spiritual care department to build a cohesive, spiritually grounded and mutually formative team; covers on-call and holiday shifts as scheduled based on department need + Establishes mutually respectful working relationships with staff and physicians from a variety of departments + Gathers and evaluates relevant information pertinent to the holistic care of patients and their families + Develops and implements spiritual care plans to promote the well-being of patients, including but not limited to crisis intervention, spiritual care and counseling, assistance with religious/spiritual rituals + Provides spiritual care and counseling for patients and their families in response to referrals and through proactive rounding + Documents assessments and interventions in the Electronic Medical Record + Collaborates with other care providers to promote the well-being of patients and their families + Provides spiritual care to employees and medical staff through group and individual interactions + Respects the confidentiality of information from all sources, including the care recipient, legal, or organizational records, and other care providers + Serves as a liaison to community clergy/faith community leaders and collaborates with them in the care for patients and their families + Provides spiritual care to the organization in ways consonant with the organization’s Core Values and Mission. + Provides staff and community education on matters of spirituality and spiritual care + Makes referrals to community resources as appropriate + Participates in on-call and holiday rotation based on department need The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned. **Qualifications** **Education and Experience:** + Bachelors Other required upon hire. + One unit of CPE (ACPE, NACC accredited) required upon hire. + Two or more units of CPE (ACPE, NACC accredited) preferred. + Masters Other preferred. **Overview** Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states. **Pay Range** $19.68 - $27.06 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.