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On-Call Chaplain

Akron Children's Hospital

Company : Akron Children's Hospital

Location : Akron, OH, 44308

Posted Date : 7 October 2025

Job Type : Per Diem

Category : Community & Social Service

Occupation : Chaplain

Job Details

PRN/On Call 

Variable shifts including evenings, weekends and holidays

Onsite for Chaplaincy Services 

Summary:

The On-Call Staff Chaplain provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate spiritual and emotional support to pediatric patients, their families, and hospital staff. This role responds to spiritual care needs as they arise, particularly during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, offering a supportive presence during times of crisis, grief, or uncertainty. The On-Call Chaplain serves patients and families of all faith traditions, spiritual backgrounds, and beliefs, or no faith, fostering a healing environment consistent with the hospital's mission and values.

Responsibilities:

  1. Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff during on-call hours, including crisis intervention, grief support, and end-of-life care.
  2. Respond promptly to referrals, code events, trauma activations, and urgent requests for chaplain presence.
  3. Offer rituals, prayers, sacraments, or other spiritual practices as requested and appropriate, while respecting the diverse beliefs of patients and families.
  4. Serve as a compassionate presence in times of stress, loss, or decision-making, providing comfort and guidance.
  5. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team, ensuring spiritual needs are integrated into patient- and family-centered care.
  6. Uphold professional ethics, confidentiality, and sensitivity to diverse cultural and spiritual perspectives.
  7. Participate in hand-off communication with daytime chaplains to ensure continuity of care.
  8. Maintain readiness to provide chaplaincy support across all units, including emergency, intensive care, and inpatient units.
  9. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age.
  10. Other duties as required.


Required Qualifications:

  • At least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) accredited by ACPE.
  • Demonstrated ability to support individuals from diverse faith traditions, cultures, and backgrounds.
  • Strong interpersonal, listening, and crisis intervention skills.
  • Endorsement or credentials from a recognized faith tradition, such as ordination, commissioning, or authorization to serve in a religious office. Candidates should hold formal recognition beyond lay membership within their denomination or faith community. 
  • Prefer previous experience in pediatric, hospital, or health care chaplaincy.

Schedule & Compensation

  • On-Call Shifts: Evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
  • Compensation: Paid per diem per shift; additional compensation for in-hospital response time as applicable.

Technical Expertise

  1. Experience in pediatric, hospital, or health care chaplaincy preferred.
  2. Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
  3. Experience in healthcare is preferred.
  4. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. [COMPANY-, FUNCTION-SPECIFIC] software is required/preferred.

Education and Experience

  1. Bachelor's degree in theology, religious studies, pastoral care, or a related field.
  2. At least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) accredited by ACPE, required.
  3. Years of relevant experience:  Minimum 1 year is preferred.
  4. Years of experience supervising: None.

On Call

FTE: 0.001000

Status: Fixed Hybrid

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