Chaplain Per Diem

Number of Positions In Requisition

1



Job Details

Provides assessment and spiritual care through the appropriate intervention and referral of patients, families and staff. Serves as the liaison between the hospital staff, patients and families during challenging or traumatic situations.

• Maintains a pastoral presence by establishing and nurturing a ministry of accompaniment that assists patients/families in navigating challenging times in a meaningful and potentially transformative way.
• Assesses spiritual needs of patients and provides appropriate interventions with consideration to growth development needs and demographics.
• Promotes faith development, mindfulness, and reflective living as essential to the emergence of the whole person.
• Serves as crisis support to patients, families and staff during traumas and alerts and difficult decision-making moments.
• Administers education to students, staff, and volunteers regarding role of chaplains and spiritual care.
• Participates in ethics, palliative, hospice and/or cancer et al interdisciplinary teams as requested.
• Maintains an on-going relationship with the staff on designated rounding units.
• Offers invocations, blessings and benedictions at network functions or on-site memorial services.

Additional Responsibilities:

·       Attends staff meetings.

·       Complies with network policies.

·       Completes quarterly trainings.

·       Completes yearly self-evaluation and goal setting.

Job Description

Education - Required

·       Bachelor’s Degree

Experience - Required

·       3 years as a hospital or facilities chaplain.

Experience - Preferred

·       3 years in a trauma facility.

·       3 years experience providing spiritual guidance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required

·       Familiarity with the religious beliefs and practices of various faiths, groups, and denominations.

·       Skill at monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

·       Use of good stewardship of time, energy, physical, and financial resources.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

Primary Location Address

1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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