Chaplain; Pastoral care - Hospice

Summary

This position exists to assist patients, families and health care workers in meeting their religious/spiritual needs; to network with community organizations and resources in matters related to health and spiritual care; and to serve as a resource for Virtua on spiritual/religious matters.

• By way of responding to referrals from various sources, assess the level of spiritual distress, provide appropriate interventions to patients and their families/friends in meeting their religious and spiritual needs through visitation, sacramental and ritual ministry and referral services and documenting the outcome of these interventions in the patient record.
• Provide the same comprehensive pastoral care to the health care workers and volunteers as needed and requested.
• Oversee the chapel and pastoral care offices 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; process requests for spiritual interventions on a priority basis, dispatch professional chaplains, community clergy and/or specially trained clergy and lay volunteers as appropriate; maximum response time per request being 24 hours.
• Serve as a liaison and facilitator for area clergy.
• Plan and lead religious services.
• Recruit, train, and provide continuing education for Volunteer Chaplain Aides.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care rounds on CCU, 5 Stokes, 3 NE, and on 4 NE/NW and serve on various local and system-wide committees, such as critical care and bioethics, to act as advisor to the health care team on religious and/or spiritual issues impacting the plan of care.

• A minimum of 3 years experience in Parish, Institutional Ministry or Pastoral Care Administration.

Education and training in ministry sufficient to meet the criteria of the chaplain's own faith group for professional ministry; typically the incumbent will have earned the MDiv degree from an accredited seminary.

In addition, one unit of Clinical Pastoral education or comparable supervised clinical education is preferred.

70 hours per year of continuing education is expected.

Board Certified Clinical Chaplain certificate or equivalent is preferred.

Hourly Rate: $27.01 - $41.99. The actual salary/rate will vary based on applicant's experience as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Virtua offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, life insurance and supplementary life and AD&D;

tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

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