Spiritual and Bereavement Care Provider

About the role

The UW Medical Center-Northwest Spiritual Health & Wellbeing Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Spiritual and Bereavement Care Provider.

Position highlights

• Provide high quality, cross-culturally sensitive spiritual care to patients, families and staff
• Support and explore ones spiritual coping practices and address any spiritual, religious or existential distress
• Assess and respond to the complexities of spiritual, religious, and existential (SRE) distress and support and explore SRE coping practices

Department description

The mission of the Spiritual Health & Wellbeing Department is to support patients, caregivers and staff as they navigate suffering, uncertainty, and loss. Our department values reflect the UW Medicine’s Service Culture Guidelines of compassion, respect, collaboration, teamwork, diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, education, integrity, accountability and excellence. We are committed to the clinical practice and assessment models of outcomes oriented spiritual care.

Primary job responsibilities

• Provide Spiritual Care counsel including positive, supportive, discrete, respectful, kind, approachable, courteous, affirming, inclusive and welcoming assistance to patients and families and staff
• Effectively communicate with UWMC Spiritual Care Teams for highest quality plan of care coordination
• Lead after-hours Staff Care (Tea for the Soul) when requested by department

Required position qualifications

• Masters Degree of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent
• Written verbatim demonstrating best work, analysis of visit, insight and learnings and understanding of spiritual distress or other challenging
• Please email a copy of verbatim directly to spiritualcare@uw.edu

To apply

Please submit an updated application, cover letter, and a verbatim which demonstrates your facility to address complex spiritual/existential issues through our online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered for this position.

About UW Medical Center-Northwest

The UW Medical Center-Northwest is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

About UW Medicine

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

Compensation, benefits and position details

Pay Range Minimum: $38.42 hourly
Pay Range Maximum $55.90 hourly
Benefits Other Compensation: For information about benefits for this position, visit here

Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?

This is a temporary position

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)

0.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit

SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Professional