Clergy / Chaplain CCC

WVU Medicine•Wheeling, IL

11d

About The Position

This position provides or makes available spiritual, religious, and emotional resources for patients and their families during hospitalization. The role also offers spiritual and emotional support to hospital staff, serves as an educational resource for staff, and provides on-call coverage as assigned. The position is scheduled according to hospital operational needs and may participate in a pager rotation providing 24-hour spiritual care availability.

Requirements

Ordination and/or endorsement with a faith community and good standing.
Master’s degree in Divinity, Religious Studies, or an equivalent graduate-level degree recognized by a professional chaplaincy certifying body.
Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
Board Certified Chaplain or must obtain certification within three years of hire.
Excellent positive communication and customer satisfaction skills.
Ability to think system-wide about spiritual care services.
Healthy coping skills to deal with the constant stress of the position.
Good physical condition to withstand frequent requests for crisis intervention from patients and staff.

Nice To Haves

Two years of healthcare chaplaincy experience.

Responsibilities

Make regular, consistent spiritual care visits to patients, families, and hospital staff to help them utilize, discover, or develop spiritual resources during crises.
Interact warmly in ways that effectively invite others into pastoral relationships.
Function as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams in assigned areas.
Provide competent spiritual support for organ donation, ethical dilemmas, discontinuation of life support, palliative care, trauma, and medical/surgical patients.
Educate hospital staff and the community about spirituality, grief, compassion fatigue, resilience, and ethical decision making.
Provide spiritual resources appropriate to the individual's tradition, including reading materials, ceremonies and rituals, and requested visits from community faith representatives.
Document in patient and departmental records and communicate relevant patient information with Spiritual Care and interdisciplinary team members.
Maintain accountability for spiritual care activities with Spiritual Care team members and the Department Director.
May participate in the Spiritual Care team's on-call pager rotation providing 24-hour availability of spiritual care.
Complete administrative duties and serve on hospital committees as assigned.
Serve as a clinical mentor for students and an educational resource for ACPE programs.
Develop wellness initiatives and opportunities for hospital staff.
Pursue personal and professional development related to spiritual care functions and responsibilities.
Adhere to the Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators, and Students.