Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
At UCLA Health, our people are here for more than a career. They’re committed to elevating the lives of everyone they come into contact with. It’s only possible when you’re passionate about what you do and where you get to do it. As a key member of our team, you’ll be able to use your unique experience to help support positive patient experiences.
Make a difference in the lives of others while growing your skills and knowledge as a Chaplain Resident with our Spiritual Care team. As a Chaplain Resident you’ll provide spiritual care services to patients, families, and staff while participating in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). This one year training program provides participants with professional development of spiritual leadership and pastoral/spiritual care skills.
At UCLA Health, our passion for delivering the highest quality patient care has enabled us to become a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We’re also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you’re looking to play a key role in supporting exceptional patient experiences, join us and enjoy a fulfilling career at UCLA Health.
Note this is a one-year training program. As a condition of employment, you will be required to concurrently enroll and participate in the Clinical Pastoral Education program (CPE). A unit of CPE consists of a minimum commitment of 400 hours, combining study, clinical experiences, emergency on-call coverage, group interaction and individual supervision.
Interested applicants must complete an UCLA Health application for this position and email their completed ACPE Application (https://acpe.edu/education/cpe-students/cpe-application) to cpe@mednet.ucla.edu in order to be considered for the Chaplain Residency Program.
Pay Range: $29.72 – $57.48 hourly
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s degree preferred), and 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (or equivalency, as determined by the System Director, Spiritual Care Department).
- Pastoral care/spiritual care skills and experience.
- Willingness and ability to engage in pastoral/spiritual care-giving to persons of any faith group.
- Sensitivity to diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural practices and values.
- Ability to respond to people of diverse backgrounds in a caring and compassionate way, enabling them to make decisions, accept loss, and cope with crisis situations.
- Ability to function effectively in crisis or under stress.
- Capable of theological and spiritual reflection with persons.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, managers, volunteers, administrators, patients, and families.
- Ability to articulate and communicate spiritual and/or religious needs of patients to the multi-disciplinary health care team and to other chaplains/spiritual care-givers.
- Ability to work collegially with and to appreciate community religious leaders and their gifts to the hospital spiritual care and ministry.
- Willingness to engage in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program with openness and intentionality.
- Ability to be organized, responsible, and dependable.
- Flexibility, genuineness, sensitivity, and willingness to assist in other areas of pastoral/spiritual care duties.
- Ability to be mobile and function with overnight on-call responsibilities.
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