Chaplain - PRN

Position Details

Variable shifts, weekend coverage required.

Essential Functions

• Affords support to patients, families, and caregivers in coping with psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Promotes a patient-centered attitude of care.
• Provides spiritual care to patients, families, caregivers, and physicians/advanced care providers via individual and group interactions.
• Synthesizes data through patient care and interactions with family and other interdisciplinary team members to provide whole person care.
• Documents ongoing spiritual assessment, interventions, and outcomes.
• Collaborates actively as a member of interdisciplinary teams.
• Assists patients and families with advance directives and end-of-life resources.
• Supports transition, bereavement, and loss processes.
• Participates in multidisciplinary patient rounds, care conferences, ethics consultations, and documents appropriately in patients' electronic medical records.
• Responds to crisis situations, including pager coverage for required hours.
• Assists with the development of the department's plan for continuous quality improvement.

Skills

• Empathetic listening
• Supportive dialogue
• Pastoral counseling
• Supportive presence
• Interfaith knowledge
• Crisis intervention
• Interpersonal skills

Required Qualifications

• One unit of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC, completed within the first 18 months of hire.
• A High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Documentation from ecclesial judicatory body of current endorsement and/or reference prescribed in accordance with applicant’s spiritual/faith tradition (received or reaffirmed within the last 12 months) articulating current endorsement/authorization for hospital chaplaincy ministry and applicant’s good standing with endorsing/authorizing body.
• Knowledge and respect of the religious beliefs and practices of various faiths, groups, denominations, and philosophies.
• Ability to provide pastoral/spiritual counsel to people during periods of stress.
• Appropriate and professional documentation in the electronic medical record and other departmental, site or system-based data tracking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree completion of Accredited Graduate Theological Degree (MDiv or Equivalent).
• Two or more units of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy.
• This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital, Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital

Scheduled Weekly Hours

8

Pay

$25.39 - $40.00

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.