Senior Chaplain

At Houston Methodist, the Senior Chaplain position is responsible for providing guidance for spiritual care to meet the spiritual, religious, and emotional needs of Houston Methodist patients and their family members. This position provides spiritual care support for Houston Methodist employees, visitors and physicians, following established patient care plans, proactively identifying when a change in approach or intervention is necessary, taking appropriate action and involving others as needed. As the senior level, in addition to performing the duties of Chaplain, the Sr. Chaplain position may serve as in-charge designee in absence of management, participates with management on department planning, implementation, oversight of clinical coverage, activities and staff and assumes primary responsibility for one or more department initiatives/programs. This position assists leadership in carrying out the Houston Methodist mission, vision and values, participating in and leading activities in these efforts.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• Chaplain - Board Certified Chaplain (APC) OR
• Chaplain - Board Certified Chaplain (BCCI) OR
• Chaplain - National Association of Catholic Chaplain (NACC) OR
• Chaplain - Associate Professional Chaplain (APC) OR
• Chaplain - Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (ACPE) OR
• CASC(C) - Canadian Assoc for Spiritual Care Certified (CASC) OR
• Chaplain - Associate Clincial Pastoral Educator (ACPE) OR
• BCC by other nationally recognized chaplain certifying body having comparable qualification requirements as APC and Cognates and as approved by HM System Director Spiritual Care

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Endorsed for chaplaincy by a recognized endorsing body

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security.

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles.

• Ability to work independently; capable of effectively handling challenging / difficult interactions, patient care situations; demonstrates sound judgment and executes above average communication skills

• Exhibits strong interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of excellent customer service to all patients, visitors, physicians, employees and co-workers

• Adapts to multiple ongoing priorities with minimal supervision including organizing work flow and actively participating in problem-solving

• Capable of handling challenging/difficult situations

• Possesses competent computer knowledge; operates various computer systems to enter and maintain patient documents

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* Yes

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital opened in June 2017 as the eighth hospital in the Houston Methodist system. This 267-bed, 725,000-square-foot, full-service, acute-care hospital offers many of the same services as our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Also, on the beautiful hospital campus, located at the intersection of Interstate 45 and Texas State Highway 242, are two medical office buildings, which include a Breast Care Center; Cancer Center; infusion center; heart and vascular services; neurology; orthopedics and sports medicine; rehabilitation services; wellness services; an outpatient laboratory; and several other multispecialty physician practices. In January 2022, Houston Methodist The Woodlands opened Healing Tower — a $250 million expansion project that added 106 beds, focused on medical-surgical and women’s services, and provided nine operating rooms. The project also included the expansion of the endoscopy center, emergency department and diagnostic imaging department with an enhanced neurodiagnostic and interventional center.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.