Tampa General Hospital·Tampa, Florida
Provide spiritual support and crisis intervention to patients, families, and staff within a hospital setting. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and assist patients with advanced directives and bereavement care.
Under the supervision of the ACPE Educator, Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or the Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Chaplain Resident provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members in addition to assigned coursework for the CPE program.
Chaplain Residents, use, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.
Essential Functions: Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient’s condition.
Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units.
Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e.
Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned service line or patient area.
Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.
This requisition is reserved for candidates identified through the CPE Program for the 2026–2027 program year.
Master's Degree in Divinity or equivalent field. Successful completion of ACPE Internship. Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment.
Requires a Master's Degree in Divinity or an equivalent field and successful completion of an ACPE Internship. Candidates must have experience working in a multidisciplinary environment.
Market context
In Florida, chaplain resident roles in healthcare are typically tied to hospitals, medical centers, and faith-based systems that value clinical pastoral care and interdisciplinary support. This role is competitive because employers usually look for a Master’s Degree in Divinity or an equivalent field plus successful completion of an ACPE Internship. Review the posted spiritual care competencies and prepare examples of supervised clinical ministry; the requirements and benefits on this platform are AI-summarized from the original job description, saving candidates research time.