Chaplain: Spiritual Care - Night Shift - Per Diem
About The Position
The Chaplain provides and coordinates the delivery of pastoral care and spiritual support to patients, their families, and staff during events of hospitalization, crisis, bereavement, or when facing end-of-life questions or decisions. The Chaplain models and collaborates with the hospital’s interdisciplinary teams in respecting and providing spiritually and culturally competent patient-centered care. The Chaplain must always be appreciative of and respectful toward the full range of individual beliefs, customs, traditions, and practices represented in the community, and serve as a liaison between the hospital and patient/family’s community of faith. The Chaplain provides spiritual interventions at times of crisis or death and guides patients’ families and caregivers through spiritual and existential questions and concerns regarding death, providing comfort and solace during the end-of-life experience. The Chaplain develops expert-level competencies that can be drawn upon to provide education and development opportunities for their colleagues and interdisciplinary teams. The Chaplain develops knowledge of assigned areas and works within the scope of service, developing skill sets and practice standards to meet the needs of the patients/families and health care team for their areas. The Chaplain is available outside normal business hours for emergency response on-call coverage during weekdays and/or on weekends. Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Maintains accurate documentation of patient visitations in the electronic health record.
- Maintains accurate documentation of patient visitations.
Responsibilities
- Provides and coordinates the delivery of pastoral care and spiritual support to patients, their families, and staff during events of hospitalization, crisis, bereavement, or when facing end-of-life questions or decisions.
- Models and collaborates with the hospital’s interdisciplinary teams in respecting and providing spiritually and culturally competent patient-centered care.
- Understands the full range of individual beliefs, customs, traditions, and practices represented in the community, and serves as a liaison between the hospital and patient/family’s community of faith.
- Maintains accurate documentation of patient visitations in the electronic health record.
- Develops expert-level competencies that can be drawn upon to provide education and development opportunities for their colleagues and interdisciplinary teams.
- Develops knowledge of assigned areas and works within the scope of service.
- Develops skill sets and practice standards to meet the needs of the patients/families and health care team for their areas.
- Available outside normal business hours for emergency response on-call coverage during weekdays and/or on weekends.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Supports and guides patients, their families, caregivers, and staff to assist them through periods of transition, grief, loss, and anxiety.
- Provides spiritual interventions at times of crisis or death.
- Guides patients’ families and caregivers through spiritual and existential questions and concerns regarding death.
- Provides comfort and solace during the end-of-life experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
