Associate Chaplain, Per Diem

NYU Langone Health-posted 5 months ago

$28 - $28/Yr

Part-time • Entry Level

Mineola, NY

Hospitals

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NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Associate Chaplain, Per Diem. In this role, the successful candidate will provide spiritual care to patients, their loved ones, and as appropriate, staff and hospital constituencies using an inter-faith model of care and working within the patient's belief and value system.

Function in such a manner that reflects the mission and vision of the institution.
Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assist patients and families in using their spiritual resources in dealing with illness, trauma, and stress.
Facilitate additional spiritual/religious support from community religious leaders, including specific sacramental or religious needs.
Respond to codes and traumas when designated as the chaplain carrying the daily code pager.
Develop a plan of care and provide spiritual/emotional support to patients and families, such as a listening presence, prayer, reading sacred texts, offering ethical guidance, and sacraments.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Provide on-call coverage for all spiritual care requests, responding to pages by telephone as soon as possible and within 5 minutes.
Triage the needs of the situation to determine if the request needs a chaplain to come in or if it can be addressed at the start of normal business hours.
Participate in the department's plan of continuous quality improvement.
Ensure a safe environment and effectively communicate with all age groups of patients served by the department.
Adhere to Standards of Practice of the Association of Professional Chaplains and the principles and practices of Outcome Oriented Chaplaincy.
Document all chaplaincy activities in a timely manner according to department protocols.
Complete administrative tasks with expectation of computer literacy and in accordance with institutional policy.
Lead spirituality/study/bereavement support groups, and worship opportunities, including interfaith memorial services, as assigned by the manager.
Advise director of important patient/clinical issues as they arise.
Promote an interdisciplinary approach to spiritual care.
Participate in interdisciplinary rounds, when possible, and facilitate and maintain positive communication and a working relationship between the department of pastoral care and members of the health care team, and other departments.
Provide support to clinical and support staff, as individuals request it, or through institutional events such as Nurse Appreciation Week, or when groups request it after traumatic events or loss.

Bachelor of Arts in religious or pastoral counseling studies, from an accredited school of theology, or equivalent.
Successful completion of 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) recognized by the US Department of Education required.
Computer literacy and a skill level in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, and Power Point required.
Excellent communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills required.
Substantial time spent with students from other disciplines, CPE, Interns and Volunteers, hospital staff, patients and families, requiring a high degree of emotional energy and mental alertness required.

Masters Degree in theology from an accredited school preferred.
Successful completion of 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) recognized by the US Department of Education preferred.
In process of ordination or commissioning by recognized religious group preferred.
1 - 2 years Experience as clergy or chaplain preferred.

Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
Access to financial security benefits.
Generous time-off program.
Employee resources groups for peer support.
Holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

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