Chaplain

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The University of Miami UHealth Department of UMHC SCCC Psychiatry has an exciting opportunity for a Chaplain in Miami. The incumbent provides spiritual guidance and support during illness, injury, and emergency to patients, family members, and caregivers. Additionally, the incumbent performs religious services and leads prayer.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                                                                        

• Provides confidential and non-judgmental listening, counsel, guidance, direction and support.

• Offers crisis and disaster intervention, bereavement counseling, and guidance in ethical decision making.

• Ensures that religious and spiritual needs of patients and their loved ones are met.

• Counsels patients undergoing surgical procedures, facing end of life issues, or involved in traumatic accidents.

• Communicates respectfully across cultures and with persons of different faiths.

• Assists in the coordination of clergy and pastoral visits from the religious community.

• Provides crisis intervention by visiting with patients, families, and staff, and making spiritual assessments.

• Assesses spiritual needs of patients and families and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma, and stress.

• Supports staff in dealing with their emotions after the loss of a patient.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                                                      

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

• Ability to understand and follow instructions.

 Department Specific Functions                                                                                                                         

• Provide one-on-one spiritual and emotional support to oncology patients and their families, regardless of religious affiliation or belief system.

• Offer bedside visits, prayer, reflection, or rituals based on individual needs and preferences.

• Participate in care team meetings and case conferences to integrate spiritual care into the overall patient care plan.

• Respond to urgent or crisis situations (e.g., new diagnosis, treatment transition, end-of-life care).

• Provide bereavement support to families following a patient’s death and offer grief resources and follow-up care.

• Contribute to or co-facilitate support groups, remembrance services, and wellness workshops.

• Accurately document all patient interactions in the medical record in compliance with institutional and regulatory guidelines.

• Minimum of 4 continuing education units (CEUs)

 Department Specific Qualifications                                                                                                                   

Education:

Master’s degree in Divinity, Theology, Pastoral Studies, or a closely related field preferred from an accredited institution is required.

Completion of at least four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an ACPE-accredited program.

Certification and Licensing:

Board Certification (or eligibility) as a professional chaplain preferred.

Experience:

Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in a healthcare setting, preferably in oncology, palliative care, or behavioral health.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• In-depth understanding of spiritual care needs across the cancer care continuum—from diagnosis through survivorship or end-of-life.

• Proficiency in spiritual assessment models, documentation in electronic medical records, and integrating spiritual care into patient plans.

• Strong crisis intervention and grief counseling skills.

• Culturally sensitive with the ability to support individuals from a variety of faith traditions, spiritual backgrounds, or those with no faith affiliation.

• Skilled in facilitating advance care planning and supporting ethical conversations around end-of-life care.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with patients, families, staff, and leadership.

• Compassionate presence, emotional resilience, and commitment to holistic, patient-centered care.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

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