Outpatient Certified Chaplain - Cancer Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

At UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, we know the oncology diagnosis and treatment can uniquely affect many areas of life for patients and their loved ones. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care. To reach this goal, our Supportive Care and Integrative Oncology department employs social workers, dietitians, certified chaplains, and music therapists to provide education, support, and community. In this outpatient role, the certified chaplain will be expected provide one-on-one patient care, lead and participate in programs that support patients and families, and contribute to our growth of our department initiatives.

Requirements

• Master's Degree of Divinity degree or Counseling degree from a Council for Higher Education (CHEA) accredited institution or other Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) approved degree
• 1 year of chaplaincy experience.
• Four (4) units of CPE from an ACPE accredited center, endorsement from the applicant's denomination or sponsoring center Upon Hire
• Board Certification from an approved organization such as The Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) and Neshama: National Association of Jewish Chaplains. Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• 3 years of healthcare chaplaincy

Responsibilities

• Assessment of patient needs for spiritual support and outcome-based provision for services and interventions. Record assessments and outcome processes in Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Document other pertinent information for continuity of care and staff care.
• Immediate response required for code blues, code stroke, end-of-life requests and time sensitive requests. Ability to triage requests, maintain pager responsibilities as assigned and collegially communicate ongoing needs to team for handoffs is crucial.
• Serve as a resource and advocate related to spiritual and ethical concerns and provide reflective presence in decision making. Provide assistance with family conflicts, interpersonal relationships and advance planning including consult and facilitation of Advance Directives and communication of decision making issues to the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide unbiased spiritual support resources appropriate to the developmental, emotional, religious and psychological needs of patients, their loved ones and staff.
• Maintain timely and accurate preparation of progress reports, statistical data and projects which support departmental and hospital metrics goals.
• Participate in the collegial clinical support of staff chaplains, students and volunteers in accordance with departmental standards of collegial practice.
• Provide for sacramental or religiously specific needs of patients, their loved ones and staff. Facilitate contacting outside resources when necessary. Provide worship opportunities and/or supportive group activities for patients, family members and staff.
• Communicate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for specified patient needs and advocacy.
• Offer education to staff on utilization of Spiritual Care and Support with working knowledge of ethical issues, advance planning, decision making and other topics as need arises. Provide community education as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time