Provide spiritual support & counseling across the broad spectrum of race, cultural, & faith traditions for hospital patients, families, & staff. The chaplain is also required to be a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team, participate in patient care planning & document all pertinent required information.
Essential Functions:
- Provides ministry to all patients & their families according to age-related needs
- Supports patients & their families in times of crisis, anxiety, & sorrow
- Provides to the religious needs of patients, families, & staff
- Establishes & nurtures outside networks of members of the religious community to ensure spiritual & emotional needs of patients are addressed by appropriate ecclesiastical persons
- Organizes & promotes religious services such as memorial services, & baptisms for patients & their families as needed
- Provides or oversees the patient's spiritual care & documents all visits, observations & interventions in the patient's clinical record including contact with spiritual caregivers outside the health care team
- Attends interdisciplinary team meetings & participate in formulating/evaluating patient care plans
- Development of personalized patient care plans
- Daily interaction with staff & interdisciplinary team members
- On-call 24 hours, 7 days per week (pages consultation & patient visits)
- Attends in-services
- Conducts in-services for staff in regard to providing spiritual support
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of one (1) year of pastoral care experience in a hospital setting required
- Certified Chaplain from a recognized chaplain's organization withfive (5) years of chaplain experience, OR Certified Chaplain with completion of two quarters of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), OR Ordained Clergy or person holding a certificate or degree in theology or pastoral counseling (BD, M.Div. or equivalent theological degree from an accredited institution)
- Healthcare Chaplains Ministry Association (HCMA) training of Clinical Pastoral Education (curriculum of 1600 hours/4 units) or its equivalent preferred
- Bilingual preferred (language as determined by community demographics and language preference)
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills required
Notes:
- Work schedule will be Monday thru Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm and on-call on some weekends, if necessary.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.