Chaplain | Per Diem Nights/Weekends | Unity Hospital and other nearby Hospitals

Rochester Regional Health•Muscatine, IA

21d•$25 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Functions as a member of the RRH health care team, providing proactive spiritual and emotional care to patients, families and staff regardless of faith tradition or system of belief.

Requirements

Strong analytical, computer, and communication skills
one unit of CPE required

Nice To Haves

Three years satisfactory pastoral experience preferred
Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) preferred
Master’s level degree in Theology preferred.

Responsibilities

Makes regular visits to assigned RRH patient units.
Responds to referrals from the medical and nursing staff, social worker, and other support staff personnel.
Responds to requests from families for spiritual/emotional support for the patient and/or themselves.
Attends interdisciplinary meetings of care teams in order to integrate the role of spiritual care with other disciplines and to build strong working relationships among the members of the team.
Provides spiritual and emotional support, upon request and as deemed necessary, to RRH.
Addresses ethical issues relating to patients, families and staff with demonstrated knowledge of subject areas and concern for the individual’s well-being.
Assists the patient’s own clergyperson in appropriate ways to meet his or her responsibility to their parishioner, including notifying clergy of patient’s hospitalization with permission.
Serves on various hospital committees, task forces, as requested.
Leads in-service presentations on relevant issues to promote staff awareness and education.
Relays problems/concerns to Leadership.
Provides on-call coverage overnight and weekends as needed.