Resident, Chaplain CPE 1st Yr

Position Summary

Chaplain CPE Resident is in training to become a Professional Chaplain, Pastoral Counselor, or a Specialized Minister. Participates fully in CPSP Accredited Residency Program curriculum. Provides direct patient care on assigned units, is a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, and meets the spiritual/emotional needs of patients, families, and staff. Is on‑call in rotation after hours and on weekends in‑house, responding to all traumas, codes, deaths, crises, consults, referrals, screens, and medical ethics consultations.

Responsibilities

The Chaplain Resident has assigned service‑line responsibilities and is directed to make contact with each new admission. This initial contact allows the Resident to assess the patient’s emotional, social, and spiritual needs while at ECU Health. The plan of care and follow‑up visits are based on this first contact and the information gathered. The Resident works closely with the interdisciplinary team to follow the plan of care that will most effectively bring healing to the patient, participating in rounds, team meetings, and professional conversations. The Resident must develop appropriate and professional relationships with staff members on assigned units, demonstrating collegial and collaborative skills.

Core skill sets include the art of pastoral conversation, the practice of spiritual assessment, and the ability to work effectively with diversity (including age, mental and emotional development, nationality, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, language, and sexuality). On‑call duties require knowledge of grief and loss, crisis theory and its application, and the ability to engage people in meaning‑making. Additional competencies include understanding family systems and group theories, and the openness and motivation to learn and grow through the CPE adult‑learning model (action, reflection, new action).

Minimum Requirements

• Master of Divinity or two years of master’s‑level theological studies.
• Completion of a previous unit of CPE from an accredited program.

Shift Expectations

Rotating shift with days, weekends, and nights; on‑call after hours and on weekends in‑house.

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974‑bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. The hospital has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation, and outpatient health services to a 29‑county region home to more than 1.4 million people.