Chaplain Associate

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• Provides pastoral/spiritual care to patients, loved ones, and staff.
• Completes spiritual assessments and communicates with other care team members. Provides clinical documentation as required.
• Responds to and initiates routine and emergency referrals in a timely manner.
• Coordinates with the local religious community to ensure the patient’s/loved ones spiritual and/or sacramental needs are being met.
• Coordinates spiritual/pastoral ministry and bereavement care for those approaching end of life and at death.
• Provides blessing/ritual/prayer for pastoral support upon request.
• Educates and assists patients with respect to Advance Directives as needed.

• Pastoral ministry in an institutional setting.
• Ability to relate well with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Practices excellent active listening skills.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.
• Accepting and understanding of diverse religious beliefs and practices.
• Ability to deal with crisis situations and periodic exposure to secondary traumatic stress.
• Ability to function as a member of pastoral care and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Proficiency of communication and information technology which includes basic computer and word processing skills, email, and use of the internet.

• Master’s degree or equivalency in theology, behavioral science, ministry or related field.
• One to three years of pastoral ministry or related experience under institutional supervision.
• Completion of one or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
• Bilingual.

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

$20.86 - $29.46 /hour

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