The chaplain provides spiritual care, guidance, and comfort to the patients, families, and staff regarding problems of personal adjustment, or religious and spiritual matters, in accordance with hospital philosophy, mission statement and objectives. 

The chaplain works independently and is self-motivated and will provide spiritual, religious, and emotional resources for patients, families, and staff through a multi-disciplinary approach and spiritual assessments with a diverse population.  The chaplain will provide services that are patient-centered, understandable, respectful and compatible with developmental age, and cultural health beliefs and practices.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.  In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

• Provide spiritual care support to patients, families, and staff.
• Plan, consult and evaluate with staff to provide an integrated spiritual care for patients and families.
• Act as a patient advocate to staff, representing or interpreting the patients’ religious/spiritual views, values, and life wishes.
• Provide spiritual support to staff regarding their own spiritual health and struggles related to providing medical care in possible ethically and morally troubling situations.
• Arrange, conduct, and provide worship services, sacraments, prayer, or sacred text readings at the bedside, or at regularly scheduled chapel services as appropriate
• Arrange with appropriate community clergy, spiritual leaders, or lay workers, to help meet the spiritual needs of patients and families.
• Represent the institution to the public and serve as a liaison to community religious leaders.
• Participate in educational programs and provide spiritual care education as appropriate.
• Document spiritual care services in the electronic medical record (MiChart), following department documentation policy for content, frequency, format, and timeliness.
• Utilize MiChart to process patient care orders/referrals.
• Participate in individual supervisory sessions with a certified CPE educator as appropriate.
• Participate in a minimum of 300 hours of educational activities including group time, self-study, research, and field education.
• Complete a Level II CPE project approved by the CPE Educator.

• Applicants must have successfully completed at least one unit of CPE that has been accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. 
• Applicants must have completed a Bachelor's degree in Theology, or a related field, from an accredited educational institution. 
• Applicants may substitute equivalent experience for education when applying.

• Applicants must have completed a Master?s degree in Theology, or a related field, from an accredited educational institution.

This is a full time 40 hour/week position. Schedule will include the possibility of some night and weekend shifts. 

Michigan Medicine Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

RESIDENTS REPORT TO:

• Program Manager, Clinical Pastoral Education Center, CPE Certified Educator – all education and program concerns
• Associate Director of Spiritual Care – clinical concerns

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.