Chaplain

Position Summary

The Palliative Care Chaplain provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families and staff to decrease spiritual distress precipitated by illness, trauma, stress, end of life, or death leading to improved spiritual/emotional well-being throughout the medical center as assigned by the Director. Including on-call coverage as needed.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities Of The Job

• Participates in delivering and arranging for appropriate and systematic spiritual/cultural care to patients, their loved ones, and staff to decrease spiritual distress precipitated by illness, trauma, stress, end of life, or death leading to improved spiritual/emotional well-being throughout the medical center as assigned by the Director.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary, responds to Codes as appropriate.
• Provides for cultural, religious and sacramental needs of patients, families and staff through collaboration and referrals to appropriate faith communities and leaders.
• May include presiding at worship and memorial services for staff and patients.
• Documents a spiritual and emotional assessment and care plan in the electronic medical record.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to enhance the spiritual and cultural components of patient care, and understanding of spiritual distress.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate effectively in the provision of in-services and education for staff regarding End of Life, Advance Directives, Compassion Fatigue, spiritual assessment, care plans, cross cultural beliefs, and issues related to spiritual care in the medical setting.
• Supports an interdisciplinary approach to spiritual care and cultural sensitivity, participating in team meetings, rounds, and committees as appointed.
• Integrates discipline into decision making issues.
• Attends departmental specific meetings, education/training for regular professional development.
• Participates in Spiritual Care Department Performance Improvement/Quality Assurance Projects, with approval of Director.
• Provides bereavement support including assisting loved ones to use their belief system in coping with death when appropriate, in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team and Decedent Affairs.
• Provides follow up as appropriate for families and staff, including employee Memorial Services as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• 1+ years of clinical experience providing spiritual care in a healthcare setting or pastoral care ministry, with experience in Palliative Care preferred.
• Evidence of ability to minister in a cross-cultural setting.
• Provide documentation of current ecclesiastical endorsement/good standing by a major religious affiliation for specialized ministry in accordance with his or her faith tradition.
• Ordained, Licensed, Commissioned or Consecrated Minister (or in process).
• A Bachelor's Degree in related field; Masters of Divinity (MDiv) (or equivalency/or in process), or a Master's of Theology Degree (or in process) from accredited theological seminary is preferred.
• 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education/CPE.
• Member in good standing in ACPE, NACC, NAJC, APC or CPSP, Board Certified or in process of being certified, is preferred.

Pay Range*

$39.00 /hour

Benefits

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