Chaplain II, Hospital

A critical member of our health care delivery team, KP Care at Home (KPCAH) clinicians help our members when they are at their most vulnerable. In this role, you’ll practice positive, compassionate care — working efficiently and safely. You’ll have the chance to immediately apply learnings to patient treatment while offering solutions to issues instead of contributing to issues. Our clinicians embody the KPCAH vision of providing world-class, high-quality care and support in the comfort of a familiar environment. This is an opportunity to show that you’re an effective healer, a highly adaptable team player, and an individual of impeccable integrity.

Job Type:Standard
Job Level:Individual Contributor
Travel:Yes, 75 % of the Time

Success Profile

We’re looking for Care at Home clinicians who possess the following traits.

Adaptable
Collaborative
Problem-Solver
Team Player
Sincere
Responsible

Benefits

Our compensation and benefits are designed to help you and your family stay healthy and thrive in and beyond work.

Our Culture

Our values, who we are and what we stand for, are represented by three core pillars:

Commitment - We are deeply committed to our members, their health, dignity, safety, and their choice to receive care and support in their home.

Compassion - We provide compassionate care to our patients who need services, are recovering, or have chosen to age with dignity in their home.

Comfort - We take seriously our responsibility to comfort our patients and support their caregivers to safeguard the quality of life of our patients.

Hear From Our People

Carlos

I started my nursing career in 2010, at the time I did not know anything about hospice or palliative care. I can tell you now that working as a hospice nurse has been one of the best decisions I have made in my life — I wouldn’t change it in a million years. I have been very blessed to be able to care for my patients and family members throughout these difficult times during the end-of-life process. As a hospice nurse, I appreciate that being able to treat them as family is something that aligns with the Kaiser Permanente core values.

Becky

PT
Riverside

It’s humbling to be able to work with people during some of their toughest days. Being a home health physical therapist for Kaiser Permanente gives me opportunities to connect with members and their family to improve their mobility. It is a rewarding experience to be able to help someone improve their overall health at home.

Jennifer

PTA
Riverside

I’m proud to assist patients in a unique setting within Kaiser Permanente health care — at a patient’s home. I can work with them in their own environment to address their specific needs during their physical rehabilitation. Being a part of Kaiser Permanente’s home care rehab team that delivers the highest quality care and compassion is an honor and I look forward to the rest of my career here.

Ali

PT
San Diego

I love being a part of the dedicated team at KP Care at Home. We’re a home health agency that exemplifies the high-quality care our communities deserve. We pride ourselves on extending Kaiser Permanente's incredible care into the home and to optimize recovery in one's comfortable surroundings. As a caring and compassionate person, KP Care at Home has supported me in being the best for my patients.

Michelle

LVN

Having been in health care for over 17 years in the home care setting, one thing that stands out in working for KP Care at Home is the ability to grow within the team. I love being able to hone in and master your skills and building such a great support system with colleagues. Teamwork is what makes an entity function like a well-oiled machine, and I’m proud to say that we have that in this team.

Chaplain II, Hospital

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Description:

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this role is also responsible for initiating collaboration and communication with other departments within the hospital and clinics (e.g., Employee Wellness, Employee Assistance Program) to support institutional staff; providing advanced, in-depth spiritual counseling to staff in medical specialty departments (e.g., Emergency Room, Behavioral Health); identifying and recommending trainings to complete specific to institution needs; anticipating and recommending disaster response services and emergency management, including urgent, rapid responses during crisis situations (e.g., Team Lavender); managing collaborations with internal and external entities to provide and facilitate organizational well-being activities (e.g., tea for the soul, healing music); and serving as a key representative of Spiritual Care Services in hospital-based committees (e.g., ethics).

Essential Responsibilities:

Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
Leads collaborative efforts in spiritual care by: serving as a role model for collaborating, communicating, and documenting interactions with interdisciplinary teams, consult services, and departments across the continuum of care, assisting other team members when necessary; and leading collaborative initiatives with external spiritual care programs (e.g., Interfaith Councils, Music Ministry, CPE Centers), diverse spiritual leaders, and community partners, proactively seeking out new partnerships to ensure resources and/or care of patients, their families and loved ones, and staff are effectively provided.
Leads patient, loved ones, and staff counseling services by: mentoring others on diverse spiritual care assessment models and ensuring they are effectively used to thoroughly evaluate all spiritual needs, issues, and concerns and implementing appropriate spiritual care services and/or care interventions; expertly leveraging and mentoring others on advanced crisis intervention methods and techniques to help patients, loved ones, and staff experiencing an ambiguous or unique crisis event or emotional, spiritual, and/or existential distress; guiding the triaging of existential and spiritual counseling and creating appropriate care plans while demonstrating sensitivity, respect, and compassion; setting a standard for during and after end-of-life support and counseling to patients, loved ones, and staff, including grief counseling and support group services across the department, ensuring complex, ambiguous cases are effectively resolved; and recommending and implementing enhancements to documentation of pertinent interventions in the patient care record and streamlining charting methodologies in accordance with policies and procedures.
Leads spiritual care services by: teaching others about cultural sensitivity (e.g., acknowledging diverse belief systems) when interacting with patients, their families and loved ones, and team members; leading the team in tending to spiritual or religious needs and proactively identifying new initiatives including providing supportive counseling, services and/or events throughout the year (e.g., Ash Wednesday, Ramadan) for individuals of diverse faiths, backgrounds, religious needs, cultural rituals, and practices; leading work to create, provide, and educate patients, loved ones, and staff on spiritual resources (e.g., phone support, home visitations, self-care strategies, literature, memorial services, spiritual practices, and alternative care); and leading improvement initiatives based on evaluations of the quality and satisfaction of spiritual care services, including patient survey responses, to ensure patients, loved ones, and staff receive the appropriate spiritual support, comfort, nurturing of well-being, and guidance needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Masters degree in Divinity, Theology or related field from an accredited university AND minimum four (4) years of pastoral care experience in a Hospital, Clinic, or Hospice setting.
Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Additional Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Business Documentation; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Policy; Acts with Compassion; Employee Training; Conflict Resolution; Intercultural Skills; Interpersonal Skills; Program Development; Time Management; Community Engagement; Member Service; Patient Safety; Education and Training; Spiritual Care Resources; Belief Systems and Practices; Crisis Intervention; Spiritual Care Counseling; Spiritual Care Assessments and Interventions; Medical Ethics; Bereavement Risk Assessment

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic Life Support License for Health Care Providers.
Board Certified or certification-eligible as a Chaplain with Association of Alliance Chaplains (AAC), Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC).

Primary Location: California,Irvine,Orange Co Irvine Medical Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1 Shift: Variable Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Working Hours Start: 10:00 AM Working Hours End: 06:00 PM Job Schedule: Per Diem Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: OC Irvine Medical Center - Palliative Care - Other - 0801 Pay Range: $37.01 - $47.86 / hour Travel: Yes, 75 % of the Time

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