Chaplain
UnityPoint Health
Summary
Join UnityPoint Health as a Chaplain and provide compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and team members of all faiths or none. In this role, you will offer spiritual care through assessment, crisis response, and end-of-life support, helping individuals navigate some of life's most challenging moments. Working as part of an interdisciplinary care team, you will integrate spiritual needs into overall care planning to support healing, coping, and informed decision-making across the organization.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Provide compassionate spiritual care through assessments, interventions, and ongoing support for patients and families across care settings.
- Respond to consultations involving crisis situations, end-of-life care, trauma, ethical concerns, and spiritual distress.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams to integrate spiritual care into individualized patient care plans.
- Document spiritual assessments and interventions accurately within the electronic health record.
- Offer emotional and spiritual support to staff, including debriefings and critical incident response, to promote resilience and wellbeing.
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and care planning discussions to address spiritual needs as part of holistic care.
- Build and maintain relationships with community clergy and spiritual leaders to support patient and family needs.
- Support hospital services, memorials, educational programs, and special events that foster compassion and connection.
- Participate in on-call rotation and departmental quality improvement and competency activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree with a focus in divinity, theology, pastoral studies or related fields required.
- 1 Unit Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required.
- One (1) year of experience providing spiritual care required.
- Board Certified Chaplain from one of the following organizations preferred within two (2) years of hire: National Association of Jewish Chaplains, Association of Certified Christian Chaplains, Association of Professional Chaplains, Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc., National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association of VA Chaplains, Spiritual Care Association.
- IL & IA Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training in State(s) where providing care required within 90 days of hire.
- IL & IA Adult Dependent Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training in state(s) where providing care required within 90 days of hire.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree with a focus in divinity, theology, pastoral studies or related fields required
- 1 Unit Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required
- One (1) year of experience providing spiritual care required
- Board Certified Chaplain preferred within two (2) years of hire
- IL & IA Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training required within 90 days of hire
- IL & IA Adult Dependent Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training required within 90 days of hire
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- 401(k) Matching
- Employee recognition program
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid holidays
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Pet insurance
- Daily Pay
- Tuition reimbursement
- Adoption assistance
Company overview
UnityPoint Health is a leading integrated non-profit health system serving communities across Iowa, western Illinois, and southern Wisconsin. As the nation's 13th largest nonprofit health system and fourth largest nondenominational health system in America, UnityPoint Health operates a comprehensive network of 18 regional hospitals, 17 community network hospitals, and over 400 clinics and healthcare facilities. The organization provides a full spectrum of healthcare services including primary care, specialty care, emergency services, surgical procedures, maternity care, cancer treatment, heart care, and home health services. Each year, UnityPoint Health serves nearly 8 million patient visits, performs approximately 100,000 surgeries, and delivers more than 20,000 babies. With more than 29,000 team members, the health system is recognized for its coordinated care approach, shared electronic medical record system, and commitment to making healthcare easier and more personal for patients. UnityPoint Health has been consistently recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for four consecutive years, reflecting its strong organizational culture and commitment to team member development.