Provides emotional and spiritual support to patients, family members, and hospital staff. Serves in a contingent, as-needed basis.

 

 

Essential Functions:

• Provides direct pastoral care and counseling to patients, families, and staff; provides emotional and spiritual support in times of crisis; uses dynamics of interpersonal relationships and appropriate religious resources to help ease anxiety and to help persons integrate their hospital experience with their view of life.
• Occasional evening and weekend hours are required. In addition, provides overnight, holiday, and weekend on-site pastoral care on an as-needed basis.
• Provides informal and formal consultation to hospital staff in the development of emotional and spiritual care plans for patients and their families.
• Maintains consultative relationships with the community; consults with clergy, congregations, and religious bodies regarding spiritual care of patients and families.

Education Requirement:

• Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from an accredited seminary or graduate school, or equivalent ministry experience, preferred.
• Completion of one unit of ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education, required.
• Completion of four units of ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education, preferred.

Certifications:

• Ordination, or faith group equivalent, and endorsement by an appropriate ecclesiastical or equivalent organization, or ability to obtain within one year of hire, preferred.
• Board certified or board certified eligible in the Association of Professional Chaplains, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association of Jewish Chaplains, preferred.

Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to respond appropriately to situations with complex emotional and relational dynamics.

Experience:

Pastoral care experience in in a diverse setting, required.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Loud Noises, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Computer skills, Decision Making, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Seeing – Far/near, Standing, Walking

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

Can be an emotionally demanding environment.

Able to perform effectively during stressful situation.

Requires focus and attention to detail while multi-tasking.

 

 

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"