Senior Chaplain

Overview

The senior staff chaplain projects God's love by providing pastoral care to patients, families and colleagues through routine and/or referral visitation, crisis and bereavement care, support activities, educational events, and worship services. These services are provided during the staff member's assigned shift and on-call rotations for nights, weekends, and holidays as required. The position is under the general supervision and direction of the director of home‑care and hospice.

The senior staff chaplain is assigned additional responsibilities in a specialty area by the director, such as coordination of the bereavement program. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Provides pastoral care through routine and/or referral visitation.
• Provides crisis and bereavement care during times of deaths, codes, and other emergencies as well as oversees the bereavement program.
• Develops and implements pastoral care ministries in an assigned specialty.
• Provides chapel/worship services as required.
• Completes assigned goals.

Description:

Service in a Southern Baptist church or institution, or previous clinical pastoral experience in any institution.

Minimum

Required:

10 years experience in a clinical setting.

Preferred/Desired: 10 years experience in a clinical setting, with a majority served in BMHCC facilities.

Description:

Minimum

Required:

Bachelor's degree, Master of Divinity (or equivalent) from an accredited seminary, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and 1600 hours of CPE (4 units).

Preferred/Desired: >1600 hours (4 or more units) of CPE preferably in residence.

Minimum

Required:

(none specified)

Preferred/Desired: (none specified)

Preferred/Desired: (none specified)

Minimum

Required:

DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT);
Eligibility for endorsement by the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Eligibility for membership in the Association of Professional Chaplains.