Chaplain Associate

Location:

Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Shift:

Rotation (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

Offers spiritual and emotional support directly to patients and their families, caregivers, and team members. Responsible for assisting with organization of daily activities as assigned.

Job Duties:

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Provide Spiritual Care and Emotional Support to Patients, Families, and Healthcare Teams

Make a meaningful difference during life's most important moments. As a Chaplain Associate, you'll provide spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, caregivers, and team members while collaborating with an interdisciplinary healthcare team. This role offers the opportunity to deliver compassionate care, support individuals from diverse faith traditions, and contribute to a healing environment where every interaction matter.

• Hours: This is a Flex position (per diem, hours as needed). Non-benefits eligible.
• Evenings, overnight, weekends and holidays
• Required Experience: High School Diploma or GED
• 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education Required
• Ordination/ Commissioning or Ecclesiastical Endorsement

Why Geisinger?

Geisinger cares about not only its patients and members but also about you and your family. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to ensure that you and your loved ones can maintain good health, achieve financial stability, and excel both personally and professionally. We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves. To learn more: https://jobs.geisinger.org/diversity 

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions   
• Free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more.   
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health 

Bring comfort, hope, and healing to those who need it most while serving as a respected member of Geisinger's spiritual care team.

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):

1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education - Default Issuing Body, Ordination/Commissioning or Ecclesiastical Endorsement - Default Issuing Body

Skills:

Communication, Computer Literacy

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.  We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.