Director of Hospital Pastoral Care – Baptist Health Louisville

Baptist Health Louisville is searching for a Director of Hospital Pastoral Care to join our mission-driven healthcare organization committed to compassionate care, clinical excellence, and community service. The Director of Pastoral Care plays a critical leadership role in supporting patients, families, and staff through spiritual care services that reflect the highest standards of professionalism and empathy. This key role ensures the delivery of high-quality spiritual care services while maintaining fiscal accountability, regulatory compliance, staff development, and alignment with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in theology
• A minimum of three years’ experience in a hospital clergy role. Previous leadership experience is preferred.
• Must be certified or eligible to be certified as a professional hospital chaplain by the Association of Professional Chaplains

Since inception in 1924, Baptist Health Louisville has emerged as a leader in healthcare. The 519-bed acute care hospital offers a wide range of healthcare services including, but not limited to, full range cardiovascular inpatient, surgical and outpatient services, vascular interventions, a level II emergency room with specialty stroke and heart attack teams, an extensive neuroscience program, full oncology services including two free standing radiation centers, a nationally recognized orthopedic program, full-service radiology services, obstetrics with a Level III NICU, state of the art surgical services with robotics and multiple surgical outpatient settings and a wound care center. The hospital has achieved Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services four times from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program and is a 10-time recipient of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky designation. The hospital employs over 3,300 employees.

Baptist Health Louisville is located in a park-like suburban setting in beautiful Eastern Jefferson County Kentucky. Louisville is home of Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby, the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Muhamad Ali Center and over 620,000 people. The vibrant city boasts activities for individuals and families including an extensive food and entertainment scene. The active city keeps a busy calendar including premier spring events such as Thunder over Louisville, the largest fireworks display in the nation coupled with a two week-long derby celebration of food, airshows, and parades. Year-round activities include Broadway productions at the Louisville Center for the Arts and festivals and events too numerous to name. Miles of Ohio River shoreline create recreational activities; along with, an extensive community park presence throughout the entire city. Louisville is uniquely made up of many individual neighborhoods, much like the boroughs of New York, with each neighborhood having a distinct personality and architecture style. Regionally, Louisville is centrally located within two hours of Indianapolis, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio or the Louisville Muhammad Ali International airport for farther destinations.

Interested applicants for this opportunity should submit their interest here.

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