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Chaplain II

Salem Health
tuition assistance
United States, Oregon, Salem
Jun 03, 2025
Location Site: Salem Hospital, 890 Oak Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301 Department: Spiritual Care Position Type: Full Time, 40 hours/week Start Time: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm, 4 days a week Your role with us As a Chaplain II, you will be a vital source of compassionate spiritual support and guidance, offering holistic care to patients and their families during critical moments such as trauma, death, and palliative care. Collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team, you'll assess and address deep spiritual needs, ensuring personalized care that honors diverse faiths and cultures. Your role blends heartfelt presence with skilled coordination, including on-call support and volunteer leadership, to bring comfort and hope in the most challenging times. What you'll be doing Provide holistic spiritual support and counseling to patients and families, addressing spiritual, psychological, and social needs, especially during urgent situations like trauma, codes, and deaths. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team-including physicians, nurses, social workers, and counselors-to assess and strengthen patient care. Conduct thorough spiritual assessments using established tools for palliative and spiritual care patients, documenting plans and follow-up in the electronic medical record. Prioritize patient care through triage and team huddles, ensuring timely and coordinated spiritual support. Guide and support spiritual care volunteers in fulfilling their roles and recognize their contributions. Partner with multi-faith and cultural leaders to meet patients' spiritual needs during hospitalization and coordinate appropriate referrals for post-discharge care. Participate in an on-call rotation covering nights, weekends, and holidays, while applying Lean methodology principles to improve daily workflows. Required qualifications Master's Degree with 72 hours of graduate level education from an Association of Theological Schools (ATS) accredited school ending in Master of Theological Studies (MTS), Master of Divinity degree or equivalent is required. 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required Additional information 2 years of direct experience. Experience in a healthcare setting is preferred. Total rewards package Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations and professional growth. Click here for details. Why Salem Health? Salem Health is a Top Workplace in Oregon, known for fostering a supportive culture where your contributions truly matter. As an award-winning, independent health care system, we serve our region through Salem Hospital, multiple community clinics and West Valley Hospital, ensuring broad access to high-quality care. We believe in empowering our teams. Through Lean principles, staff help drive innovation and solve real problems. We also invest in your growth with professional development, tuition assistance, and clear career pathways. At Salem Health, you'll find more than a job, you'll find purpose, connection and room to thrive. Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org.