Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE Educator) (Bronx)

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is one of New York City’s premier acute care hospitals. Located in Downtown Bronx, Lincoln is a teaching hospital renowned for its Centers of Excellence, and a recognized industry leader in the implementation of state-of-the art medical technology and best practices. Our team of highly trained and caring medical professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care that is safe, compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Comprehensive services are offered in three major primary care areas: Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health in addition to more than eighty (80) specialty services. At Lincoln, the safety and comfort of our patients is our number one priority.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high-quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M; 35 Hours per Week

Duties & Responsibilities:

The ACPE Certified Educator provides a working knowledge of customs and practices from a diversity of world religions and faith practices and works to assure that patients and family members are respected in their individual beliefs, customs, traditions and practices.

The ACPE Educator will oversee all matters related to the administration and oversight of the ACPE program, including but not limited to group and individual supervision, management of accreditation matters, recruitment of interns/residents, and filing of appropriate reports to ACPE on behalf of the Center. responsible for orientation, onboarding, matriculation, evaluations, and out-briefings in the CPE training curriculum.

In order to develop and equip spiritual care professionals and CPE students to provide evidenced-based care to people of diverse backgrounds and value systems. Specific duties include the following:

• Manages the daily operations of the CPE Center and develops and implements program procedures.

• Provides administrative oversight and programmatic resources and monitors educational outcomes.

• Develops and implements methods to measure the effectiveness of the Chaplain educational program.

• Teach and clinically supervise students enrolled in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) certification program, including but not limited to individual supervision, didactic presentations, case studies/verbatim seminars, IPR, group supervision, recruitment of chaplains in training, and filing of appropriate reports to ACPE.

• Teach care and education in a manner that is theologically aware and cognizant of current theories and skills in caring for people who are ill, in crisis, or seeking greater degrees of wellness

• Work holistically with other disciplines to promote and interpret the place of clinical spiritual care

• Provide sensitive and competent spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in which the dignity of culture and the experience of each individual is valued

• Promote a supportive environment of a caring community in which to develop students who are in the professional formation process

• Promote the advancement of research literacy and evidence-based practice for health care chaplaincy

• Respond to the diversity of spiritual and cultural needs and practices

• Educate staff, students, and community toward competency in spiritual care and awareness of spiritual issues in health care

• Take the lead on student education and supervision, curriculum development and implementation, ACPE Site accreditation and certification standards

• Participate in professional and interprofessional education

• Other duties may be assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

1. A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Education, Public Health, Psychology, Personnel Administration, Management, Public Administration or related approved discipline; and,

2. Six years of progressively responsible experience in planning and manpower development and training programs, medical or public health administration or other fields related to training, development and manpower analysis, of which at least two years shall have been in a supervisory, managerial or administrative capacity related to the organization, formulation, development and implementation of such plans and programs; or,

3. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in Education, Management, Social Work, Medical Administration, Psychology, Personnel Administration, Public Administration or a related approved field with five years of experience as described in (2) and two years in a supervisory, managerial or administrative capacity;

4. Extensive knowledge of the principles of training and manpower development programs and the ability to analyze and determine the needs of the Corporation, Network or facility; or,

5. A satisfactory combination of training, education and experience indicating the ability to perform satisfactorily.

1. Certification as ACPE Certified Educator or Certified Educator Candidate (Phase II) through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (Required)

Departmental Preferences:

• Three or more years of professional experience in the area of spiritual care (chaplaincy)
• Master of Divinity degree, seminary degree, or equivalent from a college, university or theological school accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Demonstrated experience or high potential for fostering a diverse student environment or commitment to do so
• Capacity to develop and adapt technology for educational and reporting purposes
• Demonstrate a capacity to work with and adapt models of education related to educational goals of the institution Earned Doctorate, PhD or DMin is a plus)
• • Experience on national ACPE accreditation committee
• • Demonstrated history of scholarship/research/publication
• • Three years or more experience in spiritual care/clinical CPE at a Level 1 Trauma and teaching institution