Chaplain Resident, Full Time

PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

The Chaplain Resident will learn skills needed to be a clinical Chaplain within the Spiritual Care Department at PIH Health. To maintain residency, students must complete consecutive CPE units and continue their participation in the CPE program.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated ability to engage the clinical learning model (action-reflection-new action) of ACPE.
• Apply excellent communication and teamwork skills to maintain successful working relationships with team members and various groups throughout the system.
• Listen effectively. Build appropriate rapport. Use diplomacy and tact.
• Demonstrate ingenuity, self-reliance and resourcefulness. Able to take needed action without direct instructions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated success building rapport, trust, and credibility with patients/families.
• Exemplary personal-responsibility and follow-though as demonstrated in prior roles requiring frequent self-direction, effective time management, and appropriate boundary maintenance in both inpatient and outpatient contexts.
• Promote cooperation with other work units, ensure team members are treated fairly, encourage teamwork behaviors.



Required Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree with at least one year of completed graduate theological education.
• Chaplain Residents must be accepted into the ACPE Certified CPE program by the CPE Certified Educator.

Preferred:

• M.Div. or other master’s degree in theology, pastoral care, or equivalent education
• One completed unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)

Beyond the benefits that come with working for the area's leading community healthcare provider – one that also recognizes the need to ensure patient safety and comfort – you'll enjoy an extremely competitive compensation and benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek diversity in our workforce. EOE M/F/D/V
Address
1225 Wilshire Boulevard
Salary
22.57-37.25
FLSA Status
Salaried
Zip Code
90017