1. Patient spiritual care: Initiates visits with patients and families by performing daily rounds throughout the Vail Health system locations as well as responding to special requests from patients, families, staff, and physicians to address their spiritual and emotional needs. Support is offered in various ways which recognize and respect the culture and religious perspective of the person receiving care. Assists patient and families in using their faith and spirituality to help deal with illness, trauma, and stress. Properly documents the patient and family services provided in the patient medical record as appropriate.
2. Staff spiritual care: Provides spiritual support, crisis intervention, and offer visitation with staff, physicians, and volunteers, as appropriate and requested. Works alongside staff chaplain team in providing staff care through activities including recurring staff outreach, reflection writing, and periodic visitation of all Vail Health locations.
3. Serves rotational on-call for Level 1 trauma activations at the Vail Health Emergency Department which includes evening and weekend hours. Responds to trauma activations and adverse event calls according to the response algorithm maintained by the chaplain team. Supports families and staff during times of patient death or other adverse events, working with support departments and agencies such as Case Management, Social Services, Eagle County Coroner, and others as appropriate.
4. Supervises the team of Vail Health staff chaplains, community clergy (volunteer or contract), and any fellow or intern chaplains. Works with staff chaplains to coordinate team schedule, facilitating on-call coverage and chaplain access across the Vail Health system. Provides appropriate oversight and support for the day-to-day work of the chaplain team.
5. Leads staff chaplain team in planning and execution of periodic special events, including educating Vail Health departments on nature of spiritual well-being and provision of spiritual care, training and educational opportunities for chaplain team, special staff outreach events, and spiritual care collaboration with community faith leaders.
6. Assists Department Director with department budgeting, performance evaluations of direct reports, and any hiring and staffing of the chaplain team. As appropriate, facilitates staff chaplain team input with staffing strategies and hiring decisions.
7. Partners with Department Director and staff chaplain team to periodically review and update the Vail Health spiritual care strategic plan, considering matters such as (but not limited to) the growth and utilization of spiritual care across the Vail Health system, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), strategy for honoring spiritual or faith-based holidays, and appropriate utilization of the Frechette Chapel.
8. Collaborates with Department Director with any complex decisions for the chaplain team. As appropriate, facilitates staff chaplain team input.
9. Supports the enforcement of Vail Health organizational policies and procedures.
10. Role models the principles of "Just Culture" and organizational values; performs other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant.

• Previous experience as Chaplain in a health care setting preferred.

• Required to be ordained or endorsed by a recognized religious body.

• Completion of one unit of an approved Clinical Pastoral Education program preferred.

• Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc. Must be familiar with MS Office and using printer, fax machine, and pager.

• College, graduate or seminary training in theology, religious studies and/or pastoral care preferred.

Benefits at Vail Health (Full and Part Time) Include:

• Competitive Wages & Family Benefits:
  • Competitive wages
  • Parental leave (4 weeks paid)
  • Housing programs
  • Childcare reimbursement 
• Comprehensive Health Benefits: 
  • Medical
  • Dental 
  • Vision
• Educational Programs: 
  • Tuition Assistance 
  • Existing Student Loan Repayment
  • Specialty Certification Reimbursement
  • Annual Supplemental Educational Funds
• Paid Time Off:
  • Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year.
• Retirement & Supplemental Insurance:
  • 403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching 
  • Life insurance
  • Short and long-term disability
• Recreation Benefits, Wellness & More:
  • Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement
  • Recreation discounts
  • Pet insurance

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About Vail Health

Vail Health, formerly Vail Valley Medical Center, is a nonprofit community health care system serving patients and guests from around the world. Locally operated and governed by a volunteer board of directors, Vail Health includes a 56-bed hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission. Our 24/7 emergency department in Vail is a Level III Trauma Center with a nearby helipad for necessary medical transports. Vail Health provides a wide array of services and access points including Beaver Creek Medical Center, urgent care clinics in Avon and Gypsum, our Edwards medical campus, Eagle Healthcare Center and a multispecialty clinic in Frisco. Howard Head Sports Medicine offers physical therapy services at 10 locations and works closely with our internationally renowned orthopaedic partners at The Steadman Clinic and Vail-Summit Orthopaedics. In addition, Vail Health's Shaw Cancer Center and Sonnenalp Breast Center are the region’s only fully accredited cancer treatment center and comprehensive breast center. The Vail Clinic, which was founded in 1965, officially became “Vail Valley Medical Center” in 1980, its first year as a full-service hospital. At that time, we had one primary locatio...n and 25 physicians. Today, Vail Health has locations in nine towns, nearly 1,000 employees, 260 physician partners and 85 volunteers. Vail Health is an equal-opportunity employer. The hospital is handicap accessible and adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Smoking is prohibited in our facilities. This includes e-cigarettes.

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