Chaplain - Pastoral Care

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Level 2 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 892 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

Lakeland Regional Health is currently seeking motivated individuals to join our team in various entry-level positions. Whether you're starting your career in healthcare or seeking new opportunities to make a difference, we have roles available across our primary and specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and upcoming standalone Emergency Department. With over 7,000 employees, Lakeland Regional Health offers a supportive work environment where you can thrive and grow professionally.

**Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off**

**Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period**:80.00
**Shift**: M-F with Call Rotation
**Location**: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL
**Pay Rate**: Min $48,984.00 Mid $61,235.20

- Position Summary

As a collaborative member of the Department of Pastoral Services, the staff chaplain provides and enables pastoral care services to patients, families, visitors, and hospital staff. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Responsibilities

**People At The Heart Of All That We Do**
- Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
- Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
- Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.

**Safety And Performance Improvement**
- Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
- Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.

**Stewardship**
- Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
- Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.

**People At The Heart Of All We Do**
- Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
- Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
- Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
- ** Safety And Performance Improvement**
- Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
- Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
- ** Stewardship**:

- Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
- Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
- ** Standard Work Duties: Chaplain**:

- Actively participates in team development, achieving dashboards, and in accomplishing department goals and objectives.
- Demonstrates ability to assess, develop, and implement spiritual care plans to meet the needs of the patients, families and hospital staff.
- Coordinates and collaborates with other professionals in the provision of care.
- Documents the provision of services in the appropriate format for the service provided.
- Demonstrates knowledge and sensitivity to diverse faith groups represented in patient and staff populations while maintaining close contact with area clergy and religious institutions to facilitate and enhance patient care.
- Provides on-call emergency services as scheduled and participates in the departmental emergency management response.
- Participates in system-wide initiatives to provide a pastoral perspective. i.e. IRB, Patient Safety, Cultural Diversity, etc. and demonstrates initiative and creativity to develop, integrate and enhance spiritual care services as a part of the overall mission of the health system.
- Designs and conducts worship and funeral services as needed in the pastoral care of patients, families and staff. Performs other religious services such as baptisms, blessings and weddings as related to care of patients and staff and patients.
- Provides educational leadership within the hospital and the community in topics directly applicable to spiritual care.
Competencies & Skills

Essential:

- Current Knowledge of pastoral care theory and practice
- Successful completion of hospital specific mandatory requirements and competencies
- Demonstration of effective problem solving, decision-making, interpersonal, and teamwo