Chaplain - Spiritual Care

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This position provides or makes available spiritual, religious, and emotional resources for patients and their families during the patient's hospitalization. Provides spiritual and emotional support for the hospital staff and serves as an educational resource for staff. Provides on-call coverage as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Ordination and/or endorsement with a faith community, and in good standing

2. Master’s degree in Divinity, Religious Studies, or an equivalent graduate-level degree, as recognized by a professional chaplaincy certifying body.

3. Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education

4. Board Certified Chaplain or must obtain within three (3) years of hire

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE:

1. Two (2) years of healthcare chaplaincy experience

CORE JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Makes spiritual care visits to patients, their families, and hospital staff on a regular and consistent basis to enable them to utilize, discover, or develop their spiritual resources in times of crises.
2. Interacts consistently in a warm manner that effectively invites others into pastoral relationships.
3. Functions as an integral member of the multidisciplinary teams of one's assigned areas.
4. Provides effective, competent, informed spiritual support for: organ donation, ethical dilemmas, discontinuation of life support and palliative care, as well as trauma and medical/surgical patients.
5. Serves as an educational resource in the area of spirituality, grief, compassion fatigue and resilience, and ethical decision making for hospital staff and community.
6. Provides spiritual resources that are appropriate in light of the other's tradition, including reading material, provision for ceremonies and rituals, and arranging of visits by faith representatives from the community when specifically requested.
7. Documents in the patient record and in departmental records. Communicates relevant patient information with the Spiritual Care team and interdisciplinary team members.
8. Maintains a consistent accountability for spiritual care activities with Spiritual Care team members and Department Director.
9. May participate as a Spiritual Care team member in the on-call pager rotation that provides 24-hour availability of spiritual care.
10. Completes administrative duties and serves on hospital committees as assigned.
11. Serves as a clinical mentor for students and as an educational resource for ACPE programs.
12. Develops wellness initiatives and opportunities for hospital staff.
13. Initiates personal and professional development related to spiritual care functions and responsibilities.
14. Adheres to the Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators, and Students.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Is in good physical condition to withstand the frequent requests for crisis intervention from patients and staff.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Cognizant of environmental factors, infection control issues to maintain a clean safe and functional work environment.
2. Scheduled for work based on operational needs of the hospital.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Excellent positive communication and customer satisfaction skills.
2. Ability to think system-wide about spiritual care services.
3. Has healthy coping skills to deal with the constant stress of the position.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company:

UHC United Hospital Center

Cost Center:

570 UHC Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care

Address:

327 Medical Park DriveBridgeportWest Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.