Chaplain

Sanford Health•Bismarck, ND

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role provides spiritual and emotional support during illness, injury, crisis and/or emergency. The Chaplain performs spiritual care, effectively documenting spiritual care visits, and conducts spiritual care services and duties including arranging worship and administering rituals. The position educates internal and external healthcare groups on spiritual and religious care and responsibilities of chaplains, networks with community faith leaders, and serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team, collaborating with others to develop and provide spiritual support to clients and families. The Chaplain demonstrates knowledge and experience in providing spiritual support, ministers to people of diverse faith traditions with respect for cultural diversity, and provides education and spiritual care events within the hospital and broader community. Additionally, the Chaplain supports, teaches, and mentors peers and students, provides spiritual leadership at organizational events, manages complex cases by consulting with teams, and follows ethical codes and departmental policies. The role requires critical thinking skills under adverse situations, awareness of personal biases, and the ability to set them aside. The Chaplain must establish and maintain effective professional relationships, exhibit initiative, provide leadership when necessary, and participate in departmental meetings. Depending on location, on-call duties may be required.

Requirements

Master’s degree or above required.
Three Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) units required.
Ordained, licensed, or commissioned to function in a religious vocation by an appropriate religious authority required and obtains letter of endorsement or letter of good standing from their faith group.
Minimum of three units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required.
Clinical experience as a Chaplain in a medical or healthcare setting for minimum of three consecutive years in full time status.

Nice To Haves

Four CPEs preferred.
Board Certification by Association of Professional Chaplains or other cognate group or certification eligible, obtaining certification within two years of hire.

Responsibilities

Provides spiritual and emotional support during illness, injury, crisis and/or emergency.
Performs spiritual care, effectively documenting spiritual care visits.
Conducts spiritual care services and duties including arranging worship and administering rituals.
Educates internal and external healthcare groups on spiritual and religious care and responsibilities of chaplains.
Networks with community faith leaders as appropriate.
Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team, collaborating with other members to develop and provide spiritual support to client and families.
Demonstrates knowledge and experience in providing spiritual support to client and families.
Demonstrates ability to minister to people of diverse faith traditions, displaying respect for cultural diversity.
Provides education and spiritual care events within the hospital and broader community.
Serves to support, teach, and mentor peers and students when appropriate and requested.
Provides spiritual leadership at organizational events such as memorial services, dedications and public events.
Manage complex and challenging cases by consulting with interdisciplinary team and chaplain peers.
Follows the Association of Professional Chaplains Code of Professional Ethics.
Addresses the spiritual care referrals and consults in a timely manner.
Follows departmental policies and procedures.
Demonstrates critical thinking skills under adverse situations in order to respond appropriately to patients and families.
Possesses awareness of personal biases and demonstrates the ability to set them aside while at work.
Possesses ability to establish and maintain effective professional relationships.
Exhibits initiative with events.
Provides leadership qualities when necessary.
Participates in departmental and staff meetings as scheduled.
May be required to serve on call as assigned.