Chaplain - Pastoral Care Services

As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.

Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.

You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Daily Operations and Procedures:

Provides pastoral care, to patients and families in a timely manner and serves as a professional spiritual care resource

Maintains accurate documentation in patient charts regarding spiritual care interventions, plans, and outcomes

Advocates for patient rights in regard to spiritual, cultural, and psychosocial values and how they impact a patient and their support system response to their care

Supports an interdisciplinary approach to pastoral care by participating in team meetings and rounds

Provides education to patients and families about spiritual resources, advance directives, organ and tissue donation, ethics, and other spiritual issues that may arise

Clinical Pastoral Education: 4 units of CPE (1600 hours) in an accredited ACPE hospital center

Master's degree in Theology, Pastoral Care/Counseling, Divinity

One (1)+ years of chaplaincy experience in a hospital or healthcare setting

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