The incumbent serves as a Chaplin professional performing clinical assignments for the medical center. They provide comprehensive religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all persons that are commensurate with the needs, desires and voluntary consent of the Veteran, caregiver, or staff. The incumbent addresses the spiritual component of health and wellness in every patient care setting to ensure that pastoral care is fully integrated into all aspects of chaplain services.
Major duties include but are 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. Leading various complex and sensitive projects, tasks groups, and assignments to obtain pertinent high level information needed for Chaplain Service management officials. Provides thorough spiritual leadership, offers prayers, and provides overall religious services for Veteran patients, patient families, staff and community.
Addresses religious, spiritual, moral and ethical problems of patients and staff. Serving as a professional clinical Chaplain in specialty clinics. Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday thru Friday Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 05244F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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.
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Amberly.Betsill@va.gov · (412) 822-3105
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $92543 – $120309/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-21.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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