This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC), Chaplain Service (CS). The position provides services within various settings, including Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics, and domiciliaries throughout the United States. Most Chaplain services are usually provided in a medical facility structure.
A VA Chaplain provides spiritual, emotional, and pastoral care to Veterans and their families, including listening support, help with ethical and end-of-life decisions, religious services, grief care, and ensuring Veterans' rights to free religious exercise. Listen to Veterans and families with respect and confidentiality. Provide support during crises, illness, hospitalization, or recovery. Assist with feelings of guilt, moral injury, or spiritual distress.
Offer prayer, meditation, sacraments, and observance of holy days. Provide worship services and coordinate with community clergy when needed. Serve people of all faiths and protect against unwanted religious influence. Assist with advance directives and end-of-life decisions. Help Veterans and families navigate difficult ethical questions. Participate in interdisciplinary care teams, Service Dog Programs and medical rounds. Provide bereavement counseling and grief support.
Support families during critical illness or after death. Communicate between Veterans, families, and care teams. Assist with discharge planning and connect Veterans to community resources. Ensure Veterans' constitutional right to free exercise of religion. Prevent proselytization from any source within VA facilities. VA Chaplains are endorsed by their religious bodies and trained in Clinical Pastoral Education.
They are the only VA professionals authorized to conduct official spiritual assessments. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor. The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs).
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Desiree.Dellafosse@va.gov · (209) 557-6225
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $95326 – $123927/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-31 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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