Associate Chaplain (Part-Time/ Casual)

About the role

Provides pastoral counseling and spiritual support to patients, family members/significant others and staff throughout the hospital. Usually this involves development of a "parish" within the hospital. Actively serves as a member of an ecumenical pastoral care staff sharing in activities such as staff meetings, on-call responsibilities, and providing hospital wide worship experiences.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care as requested for emergent and routine requests. Assesses spiritual needs/concerns of patients and their families using clinical pastoral conversation. Communicates and documents patient responses to determine the effectiveness and congruence with plan of care (60%)
• Participates in on-call rotation which may include overnight or weekend shifts (20%)
• Provides appropriate religious/spiritual rituals, non-pharmacological interventions to patients, families, and interprofessional team. Acts as a liaison with the patients faith group/leaders including other community or cultural resources (10%)
• Demonstrates knowledge of medical ethics and legal issues including advance care planning, organ donation, futility of care, and patient rights. Acts as a primary contact for ethics concerns and formal consultations (5%)
• Provides care in diverse acute/non-acute settings including but not limited to hospital, outpatient areas, extended care facilities, and homes (5%)
• As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Knowledge of pastoral care and counseling skills, especially as practiced within the hospital setting
• Two years ministry experience, at least one year of this in a hospital setting

Schedule

Variable Shift

Work arrangement

Scheduled Weekly Hours: As Needed

Department: Pastoral Care