The Kansas City VA Medical Center is recruiting for one (1) Chaplain. The Chaplain will function in Chaplain Service. The incumbent provides religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all persons that are commensurate with the needs, desires, and voluntary consent of the Veteran, caregiver, or staff. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
Major duties include, but not limited to: Providing extended and intensive pastoral counseling as an integral part of the treatment program with patients facing complex, ethical, moral, and spiritual issues. Ensuring program effectiveness and modification of service pattern, which includes research and leadership of clinical teams. Serving as a Chaplain representative and a fully recognized member of an interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT).
Advising and collaborating with other members of the IDT to provide comprehensive healthcare services to Veterans. Working with a full understanding of Chaplains' relationships to the objectives of VHA to successfully integrate the work of the medical facility's staff. Maintaining effective rapport with physicians, medical officers, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, or others involved with the IDT.
Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs. Conducting comprehensive religious services and worship, pastoral ministry, and administration of Chaplain services. Leading various complex and sensitive projects, task groups, and assignments to obtain pertinent high-level information needed for Chaplain Service management officials.
Engaging as a spiritual leader, a compassionate listener, and counselor, especially during times of crisis. Providing emotional support and counseling using empathy and strong interpersonal skills to effectively connect with people of all ages. Providing thorough spiritual leadership, offers prayers, and provides overall religious services for Veteran patients, patient families, staff, and community.
Conducting regular rounds of hospital wards where patients are critically ill. Building strong interpersonal relationships with patients and ensures all patients are provided opportunities for the free exercise of religion. Using thorough knowledge of different faiths to perform various religious rituals, lead prayers, and answer spiritual questions.
Maintaining records and appropriately documenting chaplaincy care services in the Electronic Health Record Management (EHRM) system/Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) through either service approved template or Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan (SOAP) note format. Providing referrals for continuity of spiritual care.
Providing appropriate education and training to other healthcare staff and trainees to screen for spiritual and religious needs and the importance of appropriate referrals to chaplains for complex spiritual distress.
Coordinating with community organizations to ensure the provision of comprehensive spiritual care, including interested community organizations, local clubs, church groups, special agencies, business organizations, and other stakeholders, to sustain the necessary links with the outside community. Administering ordinances, rites or sacraments; prepares and delivers sermons; arranges for the atmosphere and symbolism of worship; and conducts funeral services when needed.
Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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/. Accreditation Information: The Master of Divinity degree or equivalent educational qualifications as evidenced by a graduate-level theological degree from a college, university or theological school must be fully accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education. Verification of accreditation may be made obtained from Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) (https://www.chea.org/) or Association of Theological Schools (ATS) (https://www.ats.edu/) and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $90968 – $118261/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Excepted' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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