The Chaplain provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff during hospitalization, crisis, and end-of-life transitions. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure culturally competent care and maintain accurate documentation in electronic health records.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
The Chaplain provides and coordinates the delivery of pastoral care and spiritual support to patients, their families, and staff during events of hospitalization, crisis, bereavement, or when facing end-of-life questions or decisions.
The Chaplain models and collaborates with the hospital’s interdisciplinary teams in respecting and providing spiritually and culturally competent patient-centered care.
Understands the full range of individual beliefs, customs, traditions, and practices represented in the community, and serves as a liaison between the hospital and patient/family’s community of faith.
Maintains accurate documentation of patient visitations in the electronic health record.
Develops expert-level competencies that can be drawn upon to provide education and development opportunities for their colleagues and interdisciplinary teams.
Develops knowledge of assigned areas and works within the scope of service.
Develops skill sets and practice standards to meet the needs of the patients/families and health care team for their areas.
Available outside normal business hours for emergency response on-call coverage during weekdays and/or on weekends.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Hospice Chaplain
The Chaplain provides and coordinates the delivery of spiritual and emotional support to patients, their families, caregivers, and staff.
Supports and guides patients, their families, caregivers, and staff to assist them through periods of transition, grief, loss, and anxiety.
Provides spiritual interventions at times of crisis or death.
Guides patients’ families and caregivers through spiritual and existential questions and concerns regarding death.
Provides comfort and solace during the end-of-life experience.
The Chaplain must always be appreciative of and respectful toward the full range of individual beliefs, customs, traditions, and practices represented in the community, and serve as a liaison between the hospice and patient/family’s community of faith.
Maintains accurate documentation of patient visitations.
Available outside normal business hours for emergency response on-call.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.
For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.
Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.
Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News &World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California.
https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/ [https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/].
Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.
Requires a Master of Divinity or equivalent and Clinical Pastoral Education units, with ecclesiastical endorsement and a valid driver's license. Board certification is preferred or required within one year of hire.
Market context
In California, night-shift per diem chaplain roles often reflect steady demand in hospitals and other care settings that need spiritual support outside daytime hours. These positions are competitive because employers look for graduate theological training, Clinical Pastoral Education, endorsement, and often board certification or a plan to earn it soon. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your CPE units, endorsement status, and driver’s license before applying.
