{"id":44918,"date":"2026-04-13T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?post_type=employment&#038;p=44918"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:33:35","slug":"chaplain-2","status":"publish","type":"employment","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/employment\/chaplain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, through the office of Pastoral Ministry, is seeking to hire a full-time Chaplain for the Morton Hospital in Taunton Massachusetts<\/strong>. The Roman Catholic Chaplain will function independently to cover Roman Catholic pastoral care needs and collaborate with other staff chaplains to address the on-going and interfaith spiritual care needs of patients, families, and staff. Supervision is provided by the Director of Pastoral Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Responsibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coordination of the administration of sacraments and pastoral\/spiritual care to patients, families, and staff, both Catholic and interfaith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning and providing leadership for special worship services, i.e., Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overseeing and assisting with the Catholic volunteer program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborating with a team of Chaplains and religious leaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing and providing education on catholic pastoral\/spiritual care to clinical staff as required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordination and facilitation of 24\/7 chaplain on-call rotation as scheduled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharing in other departmental responsibilities as requested by the Director of Pastoral Ministries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate for patients and families with any ethical and moral concerns that may arise from the delivery of medical services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All other duties as assigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be a person of spiritual integrity who empowers people to integrate the experience of illness, trauma, and loss with their religious beliefs and spiritual values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to establish and maintain collaborative and cooperative working relationships with staff members, managers, volunteers, administrators, patients, families, and community religious leaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to function collegially in a multi-faith multi-cultural staff\/work environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to engage with an interdisciplinary health care team in the delivery of care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to provide pastoral\/spiritual care on an interfaith basis and articulate spiritual assessment of patients and families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ability to provide pastoral care for bereaved and grieving persons, as well as crisis ministry to those is need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong advocacy skills with regard to moral and ethical concerns of medical patients and families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commitment to participate fully in the life of the Catholic Church, while maintaining on-going personal spiritual development and professional minister growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 year chaplain experience. Preferred.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s degree with advanced studies in areas of spirituality, theology, or counseling. Preferred.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continued Education Units (CEU) in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Preferred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please submit your cover letter and resume to: Jennifer Oliveira, Human Resources Manager. E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:joliveira@dioc-fr.org\">joliveira@dioc-fr.org;<\/a> Confidential Fax: (508) 672-3802; Mail: The Diocese of Fall River, 450 Highland Avenue, Fall River, MA 02720.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Equal Opportunity Employer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, through the office of Pastoral Ministry, is seeking to hire a full-time Chaplain for the Morton Hospital in Taunton Massachusetts. 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