Chaplain Non-Certified - Spiritual Care

summary

provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment;

plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.

provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment;

plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.

• asseses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises
• systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide on-going spiritual assessment of patients or families
• develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment
• documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in patient’s medical record
• participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned
• participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care
• plans and facilitates worship services as needed
• provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions
• collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care
• develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment
• serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes
• assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events
• provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family
• introduces patient/family to services of the spiritual care department
• contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family
• ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crises situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes
• provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed
• serves as ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life sustaining treatment
• serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns
• understands and adheres to the christus health associate covenant and code of ethics
• respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and csrhs associates
• demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served
• performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.

• high scool diploma or ged required
• master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality preferred (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification)
• completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education
• supervised experience within a clinical pastoral education program required
• if not yet certified by one of the national certifying bodies (apc, nacc, or cpsp), must obtain certification within two years of hire
• must be endorsed by leader of their faith community

5 days - 8 hours

full time