Pastoral Services Intern (Unpaid)

Baptist Health Care • Pensacola, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chaplain Intern is responsible for the spiritual and emotional support of people of all religions and beliefs in the hospital. This position functions as a competent spiritual care provider with the ability to relate cooperatively with patients, family members, peers and other hospital personnel. The chaplain intern provides crisis, grief and loss support, spiritual guidance by helping patients and families identify their spiritual resources, needs, and concerns; helps identify and evaluate moral and ethical options; provides rituals and services; and helps patients identify and utilize systems of support. Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida. Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Requirements

• Ability to relate cooperatively with patients, family members, peers, and other hospital personnel.
• Ability to provide crisis, grief, and loss support.
• Ability to provide spiritual guidance.
• Ability to identify and evaluate moral and ethical options.
• Ability to provide rituals and services.
• Ability to help patients identify and utilize systems of support.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients of all religions and beliefs.
• Function as a competent spiritual care provider.
• Relate cooperatively with patients, family members, peers, and hospital personnel.
• Provide crisis, grief, and loss support.
• Offer spiritual guidance by helping patients and families identify their spiritual resources, needs, and concerns.
• Assist in identifying and evaluating moral and ethical options.
• Provide rituals and services.
• Help patients identify and utilize systems of support.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees