Palliative Care Chaplain, Per Diem (Temple University Hospital)

About the role

The Palliative Care Chaplain provides specialty spiritual care for hospitalized patients and families as they navigate serious illness and end of life care. They utilize knowledge and skills in Spiritual & Palliative Care to assist patients and families in faith based medical decision making, spiritual distress, and spiritual counseling. PC Chaplains educate PC Team members on primary spiritual care, language and knowledge to provide culturally appropriate person-centered care to patients and families. PC Chaplain also engages in teaching residents, fellows, medical students, etc. on best practices when providing spiritual care in a healthcare setting.

Education

• Master's Degree in Divinity or religious study equivalency from recognized seminary (Required)
• Minimum 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education from ACPE (Required)

Experience

• 2 years experience in a healthcare setting (Required)
• 1 year of providing spiritual care at the end of life (Preferred)