Clinical Pastoral Education Resident

Sentara Health • Norfolk, VA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is hiring a Temporary, Full-time Day Shift Clinical Pastoral Education Resident. The CPE Resident is responsible for addressing the spiritual, religious and emotional needs of patients, families, physicians, and staff. This role fosters collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary care teams and contributes to the well-being of the community. The resident provides individualized care, plans and evaluates patient progress, assesses learning needs, and integrates age-specific care. They demonstrate effective use of the chaplaincy process, perform patient assessments, collaborate with patients/families, and respond to ethical issues. The position involves providing spiritual care and emotional support, responding to crises and bereavement needs, conducting regular rounds, assisting patients in interpreting sickness and suffering, making appropriate referrals, and conducting religious rites. Documentation of interventions and pastoral care activities is also required. The resident participates in the Residency program of Clinical Pastoral Education in accordance with ACPE Standards and Sentara School requirements, fulfilling CPE Levels I and II objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Level Degree
• Completion of one prior unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from an accredited program

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisory/Education - Certification - Other/National

Responsibilities

• Addressing the spiritual, religious and emotional needs of patients, families, physicians, and staff
• Fostering collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary care teams and contribute to the well-being of the community
• Providing individualized care to address the needs of the patient to include physical, psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual and cognitive needs
• Planning patient care based on the assessment, evaluates patient progress, and revises care to attain expected outcomes
• Assess patient/family learning needs, plans and provides education and evaluates the effectiveness of teaching in achieving desired outcomes
• Integrates principals of age-specific care into all aspects of practices
• Demonstrate effective use of the chaplaincy process to deliver individualized care to patients
• Perform patient assessments through the systematic collection and review of patient-specific data and communicate appropriately
• Collaborate with patient/family in planning care and evaluating programs and outcomes
• Identifies and responds appropriately to ethical issues in patient care
• Provides nursing care in a non-judgmental manner that respects patient diversity and acknowledges patients' rights
• Provides spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families, physicians, and staff
• Responds to crises in a timely manner as determined by department guidelines and provides appropriate crisis intervention assessment, services, and referral
• Responds to the bereavement needs of patients, families, physicians, and staff
• Conducts regular rounds on assigned clinical areas as determined by department guidelines to connect with staff and assess patient, family, physician, and staff needs
• Assists patients to interpret sickness, suffering, death, etc., in the context of patient's theological framework
• Make appropriate response to referrals in a timely manner as determined by department guidelines
• Conducts religious or spiritual rites and services as needed or requested
• Provides documentation of interventions
• Documents using spiritual wellbeing goal and smart phrases
• Maintains records and reports concerning pastoral care activities according to department guidelines
• Participates in the Residency program of Clinical Pastoral Education in accordance with the Standards of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and the requirements of the Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education
• Fulfills the objectives and outcomes of CPE Levels I and II as specified by the Standards of the ACPE

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees