Hospice Chaplain Supervisor

Supervisor of Spiritual Care

The Supervisor of Spiritual Care provides oversight of the daily standard work activities of the department. Includes providing guidance and assignments of the Chaplain team, engagement with multi-disciplinary teams, and a timely provision of care across the acute care, palliative care, and hospice care. Collaborates with the Director of Spiritual Care and Mission Integration regarding long term priorities, initiatives, planning, policies and procedures. An estimated 50% of time will be at bedside providing direct spiritual care to patients, families, and staff.

Essential Functions

• Manages all Spiritual Care operations and procedures, ensuring effective service delivery and alignment with departmental goals.
• Collaborates with the Director of Spiritual Care and Mission Integration on planning, program development, HR, budgeting, communication, patient satisfaction and safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintains appropriate chaplain staffing and scheduling to support quality patient, family, and caregiver care; promotes flexibility, cross-training, and professional development.
• Provides approximately 20 hours of direct Spiritual Care weekly, including occasional unstaffed shifts outside standard hours, to ensure continuity and consistent support.
• Addresses patient care, safety, and service concerns; coordinates with other departments and participates in interdisciplinary committees to enhance care delivery.
• Oversees HR functions including hiring, orientation, training, evaluations, and payroll; collaborates with HR and the Director on caregiver performance and engagement.
• Prepares reports and analyzes departmental productivity metrics to support quality improvement and best practices in Spiritual Care.
• Partners with Mission Integration Leaders to advance Spiritual Care initiatives, supports ethics committee work, and promotes integration of Spiritual Care across hospital operations.

Skills

• Listening and Communication
• Leadership
• Emotional Intelligence
• Problem-Solving
• Team Collaboration
• Supportive dialogue
• Pastoral counsel
• Crisis Intervention
• Project Management
• Education development and delivery
• Research

Physical Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited)
• Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Divinity or Theology from an accredited academic institution recognized by the Department of Education, or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
• Minimum of four units Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi
• Documentation from ecclesial judicatory body of current endorsement and/or reference prescribed in accordance with applicant's spiritual/faith tradition (received or reaffirmed within the last 12 months) articulating current endorsement/authorization for hospital chaplaincy ministry and applicant's good standing with endorsing/authorizing body. The letter must be mailed, emailed, or faxed directly from the endorsing/recommending organization. Faith groups must be recognized by the Department of Defense (Armed Forces chaplains Board) or previously reviewed and approved by the BCCi, If not, approval of documentation of authorization/endorsement must come from Intermountain Peaks Mission office regarding a review of the faith group.
• Board Certification as a chaplain by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, the Association of Professional Chaplains, BCCi or affiliated cognate group within 1 year of hire date.
• 3 years of health care chaplaincy experience, hospice setting preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare management/leadership experience preferred.
• Board Certification as a chaplain by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, the Association of Professional Chaplains, BCCi, or affiliated cognate group.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts.

Location: Home Services - Salt Lake City

Work City: South Jordan

Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$33.75 - $53.16

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.