• Programs and Services
• Hospital Services
• Chaplaincy
• Pastoral Care Services at John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus
• Spiritual Care Services at John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus and John Muir Behavioral Health Center

John Muir Health offers Pastoral Care Services for all those served by John Muir Health. Working in partnership with community clergy, lay visitors and other religious leaders and groups, our mission is to tend to the spiritual and religious needs of patients and their loved ones, as well as to provide spiritual support to our staff and volunteers. In-house chaplains and community clergy are available to see patients every day, and are on-hand at all times to provide spiritual care for all patients regardless of religious tradition.

In addition, John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus, the John Muir Behavioral Health Center and John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus offer clinical pastoral education training opportunities. John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus and the John Muir Behavioral Health Center offer ACPE- Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency programs. John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus offers graduate theological-related internships, fieldwork, work-study and CPE equivalency programs.

Inpatient Pastoral Care Services

Pastoral Care Services assists patients, families and friends as they call on the supportive dynamics of their spiritual beliefs and traditions to help them in the healing process. Staff will notify a patient's clergy member, congregation or faith group, provide ongoing supportive visits, and offer prayer with a chaplain. A member of the spiritual care team will also visit a patient before surgery or during a crisis, and provide Holy Communion, other sacraments, and religious literature. If patients would like to discuss issues about faith and meaning in life, or would like to request spiritual support for family and friends, they may call on Pastoral Care.

Contacting Pastoral Care Services

To contact one of the medical center chaplains during the day, call extension 35281 or dial (925) 947-5281. In the evenings or on weekends, call the medical center's operator by dialing 0 or calling (925) 939-3000.

To reach Spiritual Care Services, dial (925) 674-2133 or extension 22133 from within the medical center and follow the prompts to reach the director of Spiritual Care, the chaplain at the John Muir Behavioral Health Center Pastoral Care, the Clinical Pastoral Education students, the on-call chaplain or Grief Support Services.