Chaplain Non Certified I - Spiritual Care - PRN

Christus Health•San Antonio, TX

56d•Onsite

About The Position

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest-growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women's services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center. Summary: Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
Master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality preferred (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification)
Completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education
Supervised experience within a clinical pastoral education program required
If not yet certified by one of the national certifying bodies (apc, nacc, or cpsp), must obtain certification within two years of hire
Must be endorsed by leader of their faith community

Responsibilities

Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises
Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families
Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment
Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in the patient's medical record
Participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned
Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care
Plans and facilitates worship services as needed
Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions
Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care
Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment
Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes
Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events
Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family
Introduces patient/family to the services of the spiritual care department
Contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family
Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crisis situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes
Provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed
Serves as an ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life-sustaining treatment
Serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns
Understands and adheres to the CHRISTUS Health associate covenant and code of ethics
Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and csrhs associates
Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served
Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.