Job Opportunities

•Masters degree or equivalent, and 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE, Inc.) required.
•Experience required working as a Chaplain within an urban Emergency Room and Trauma Center.
•Experience and expertise working with a Muslim population.
•Knowledge of major faith groups, pastoral theology, dynamics of loss and grief, and crisis theory and intervention, and evidence of having successfully applied such knowledge in healthcare setting, required.
•Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, required.
•Recognition of being in good standing within faith group.
•Board Certification (or eligibility for) by the Association of Professional Chaplains, Inc., or by other chaplaincy organization with which APC has certification reciprocity.
•Certification required within two years of hire .
•This position requires providing service to the following age population(s) P/AD/A/O/F in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.
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Education/Training/Experience:
•Master’s degree or equivalent, and 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE, Inc.). Experience working as a chaplain within an urban Emergency Room and Trauma Center. Congregational or other clergy experience valued.
•Knowledge of major faith groups, pastoral theology, dynamics of loss and grief, and of crisis theory and intervention.
•Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
•Recognition of being in good standing within faith group.

•Board Certification (or eligibility for) by the Association of Professional Chaplains, Inc., or by other chaplaincy organization with which APC has certification reciprocity. Certification required within 24 months of hire.

• Physical Demand Analysis:
• Physical Requirements
• Must be able to walk long distances, sit and stand for long periods of time
• Visual Requirements Good vision
• Hearing Requirements Good hearing
• Working Conditions Ability to handle all the challenges and constraints of working in a busy and demanding Emergency Room and Level 1 Trauma Center.

Einstein Healthcare Network is a private, not for profit organization with several major facilities and many outpatient centers. Our primary mission is to provide compassionate, high quality healthcare to the greater Philadelphia region.

Essential Functions • Leadership: Provides consistent and fair oversight. Provides leadership to assure that spiritual care is provided to patients, loved ones, and team members in timely and effective ways in accordance with standards for the profession of healthcare chaplaincy and spiritual care. Supervise spiritual care team members for assigned market, through regular group and individual meetings with all team members. Represent Novant Health in the community: Educate local community faith leaders regarding the spiritual care issues facing patients, loved ones, and team members. Join other spiritual care providers in care of larger hospital community during significant events. Participate in hospital-wide initiatives: choices and champions activities, site leadership events, appropriate teams, and committees. Provide spiritual/emotional support to team members: Offer spiritual care in crisis situations (professional and personal). Develop, lead, and coordinate programs which support team member self-care (retreats, special services, conferences). Assist teams day-to-day with reflecting on the impact of their professional role on their personal being and level of burn out. Provide programs to enhance knowledge and awareness of spiritual/psychosocial issues. Assure 24/7 chaplaincy coverage through identified system models and best practices. Regularly round in all market facilities, conduct recurring spiritual care market meetings, and maintain relationships with facility leaders within the market. Collaborates with the Dir of clinical pastoral education (CPE) and certified educator to support integration of our CPE program. • Communication: Creates an environment that supports and respects diversity, equity, and inclusion to promote creative problem solving. • Business Acumen: Maintains organizational policy and procedure, including rules of conduct. • Quality Improvement: Demonstrates knowledge of process improvement principles and applies appropriately to improvement activities. Develop and implement action plans to improve existing services and develop new programs. • Customer Service: Holds team members accountable for customer service standards and ensures service recovery when needed. Oversee provision of spiritual care to patients, loved ones, and team members across the continuum of care, ensures appropriate response to referrals received from any area, inpatient or outpatient. Collaborates with other spiritual care providers to ensure inpatient needs are met. Identify, educate to, and demonstrate spiritual care best practices in key spiritual care services. • Human Resources: Provides ongoing informal and formal feedback to direct reports consistent with organizational policies and procedures. • Financial: Manages positions within the department(s) to achieve quality and productivity and meet budget.

Education: MDiv or equivalent graduate degree.

Training: Min. 4 Units CPE, required; additional leadership training, preferred.

Experience: 5 years of experience as professional chaplain in healthcare setting, with demonstrated leadership experience/skills.

Works within an interdisciplinary team in caring for the holistic needs of the person. Leads the department in providing religious, spiritual, ethical, emotional support and pastoral counseling for patients, their families and staff.

Leads in the spiritual development of the organization including spirituality in the workplace. Develops educational programs for internal and external groups on spiritual and religious care, and chaplain competencies and responsibilities.

Develops and implements policies and procedures relevant to Spiritual Care. Leads the department’s involvement in spiritual care services, advanced directives, bio-ethics, palliative care, and advocacy regarding patient rights issues and employee satisfaction.

Implements systems supporting organizational ethics and compliance with regulatory requirements, ensuring department and staff remain compliant

The Department of Pastoral Care at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC is currently looking for a dedicated, passionate, and highly caring clinical chaplain to join the chaplaincy team. The department has robust ACPE CPE and clinical chaplaincy programs. The clinical chaplain will provide the highest quality of pastoral care to patients, family members and staff in the oncology service line.

The clinical chaplain for Oncology will have job duties that include providing one-on-one pastoral care in the in-patient and out-patient settings, leading caregiver groups, participating in team and unit based rounds, and serving on service line, department, and hospital wide committees. Clinical chaplains at UNC Medical Center complete documentation for patient encounters, provide 24 hour back-up coverage in rotation with other pastoral care staff members, lead worship services in the hospital chapel as needed, teach didactics within the Department of Pastoral Care and in the hospital community, serve as a mentor to CPE residents, and complete administrative and other tasks as assigned according to the spiritual needs of the institution.

Four or more units of ACPE CPE, faith group endorsement.

Board eligible by Association of Professional Chaplains. Certification must be obtained within two years of hire.

Pastoral experience in congregation and/or hospital.

Ordination or faith group equivalency preferred

The goals for the fellows are four-fold:
1) To develop advanced practice competencies through experiential learning. This will be accomplished through rotations in both inpatient and in-home settings, with both pediatric and adult patients in hospice and palliative care under experienced supervision and mentorship.
2) To develop advanced competencies through didactic learning from licensed and specialty certified leaders in the field of palliative care and hospice. Content includes psychosocial and spiritual assessment, pain management, management of non-pain symptoms, illness trajectories, ethical/legal concerns, communication with patient/family and medical team, cultural issues, and team wellbeing. Fellows are encouraged to customize electives based on their areas of interest. Examples of electives include philanthropy, quality improvement, diversity, equity and inclusion in palliative care, grief and bereavement and palliative care in specialized clinical settings.
3) We are committed to creating a supportive and caring environment to encourage fellows to deepen their commitment to internal growth and self-awareness both personally and professionally through action and reflection during this transformational year.
4) To develop, support, and empower future leaders in the field of hospice and palliative care.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Master’s Degree in Theology, Divinity or Pastoral Care/Counseling required.
2. Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required.
3. Certification by an appropriate clinical pastoral agency such as Association of Professional Chaplains, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Association of Jewish Chaplains or equivalent.
4. Solid standing within his or her denomination, as evidenced by ecclesiastical endorsement.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Minimum of five years of clinical pastoral experience in a healthcare setting preferred
2. Documented ethics education to meet the hospital Ethics Committee core competencies
EXPERIENCE:
1. Leadership/Management experienced preferred.
2. Pastoral theology that is contemporary, functional and integrated into professional practice.

Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Everything we do at Baptist Health, we do to the best of our ability. That includes supporting our team with extensive training programs, millions of dollars in tuition assistance, comprehensive benefits and more. Working within our award-winning culture means getting the respect and support you need to do your best work ever. Find out why we’re all in for helping you be your best.

Description:

Come be a part of a growing spiritual care team for the largest faith based healthcare organization in South Florida – Baptist Health South Florida.  Our Clinical Pastoral Education program sits on the campus shared by Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Lynn Cancer Institute on the southern end of tropical Palm Beach County, Florida.  We are 2.5 hours north of Key West and 2.5 hours south of Orlando and Disney World. A plethora of opportunities are offered to residents to provide ministry to patients, family members and staff from rich religious and culturally diverse populations in various clinical specialties.  Our CPE program is also part of the Center for the Advancement of Learning division of Baptist Health South Florida.  We take education seriously and focus on giving our participants quality training in a supportive and encouraging learning environment that fosters growth and allows room for curiosity and innovation.

* Chaplain residents will have a responsibility to provide spiritual care to patients, families, staff and visitors in assigned clinical areas and as referrals and urgent requests are given (60-65%).
*They will also be given 10-12 hours per week (25-30%) to attend required Clinical Pastoral Education class sessions as part of their training.
* Residents may work with two ACPE Certified Educators during their training period with BHSF, but general oversight of all administrative, professional and educational functions is provided by the Director of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Everything we do at Baptist Health, we do to the best of our ability. That includes supporting our team with extensive training programs, millions of dollars in tuition assistance, comprehensive benefits and more. Working within our award-winning culture means getting the respect and support you need to do your best work ever. Find out why we’re all in for helping you be your best.

Description:

* The pool chaplain will provide pastoral ministry in a manner which exemplifies the philosophy, mission, and values of the Pastoral Care department at Baptist Health South Florida, acting as worship and sacramental leader, counselor, advocate-mediator, educator, and spiritual guide.
* The pool chaplain will maintain his/her relationship with the endorsing religious denomination current and in good standing at all times while employed at Baptist Health South Florida.
* The pool chaplain will assist the director of Pastoral Care in the implementation of all programming, policies and procedures, as outlined by the Department’s Policies and Procedures Manual.
* As the religious representative before the hospital and related communities, the pool chaplain will be held accountable to the highest level of professional ethics and moral conduct.
* Estimated pay range for this position is $29.75 / hour depending on experience.

Degrees:
* Masters

Licenses & Certifications:
* Ministerial Ordination

Additional Qualifications:
* Master’s of Divinity or equivalent degree.
* One year of experience in Healthcare chaplaincy or equivalent ministerial experience.
* Two units of Clinical Pastoral Education through ACPE or equivalent training and experience.
* Ministerial Ordination or equivalent.
* Up to date denominational endorsement for ministry in the healthcare setting.
* In the case of Roman Catholic Priests, ministerial ordination, endorsement and faculty appointment for ministry at BHSF by the Archdiocese of Miami.
* Minimum Required Experience: 1 Year

Baptist Health is an EOE
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PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
*Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.

*Makes routine rounds on assigned patient care areas assessing the spiritual needs of patients and
families who may be experiencing spiritual distress or crisis or who have identified high-risk spiritual
care indicators; offers spiritual advice and counsel consistent with the spiritual and religious
backgrounds of the patient and family.

*Responds to Code Blue and Code Trauma pages per facility procedures.

*Conducts assigned patient/family therapeutic/educational groups.

*Facilitates communication and acts as a liaison between hospital staff and family or friends of patients
during periods of crisis, such as death, critical illness or lengthy surgery; provides emotional and spiritual
support to staff, patients and their families.

*Provides counseling in matters associated with spirituality including meaning and purpose in life,
healing, forgiveness and reconciliation; performs or makes arrangements for traditional pastoral
services, such as prayer, sacramental ministry or other special services; provides ecumenical services as
needed to promote spiritual wellbeing.

*Serves as a Notary, assisting patients in completing Advance Healthcare Directives and other paperwork
as able.

*Maintains documentation of pastoral care functions in patient medical records.

*Participates in the Chaplain’s on-call schedule as needed.