Resident-Pastoral Education
About The Position
Resident Pastoral Education participates in all activities and group work of the Clinical Pastoral Education Program, complete all required readings and written work, provide spiritual care to patients/families/staff on assigned units or by referrals through Spiritual Care, provide overnight and weekend on-call coverage in rotation with others. The chaplain must apply what they are learning in the CPE Education Program in order to make judgements concerning the spiritual/emotional needs of persons and decisions about how to assist those persons as a chaplain either directly or indirectly. Residents must communicate in the context of the other person’s frame of reference and language skills. The Chaplain Resident must work as a professional, interact as part of the interdisciplinary care team, and chart as directed and appropriate in the patient’s medical record. Must be able to relate comfortably and supportively with CPE peers, patients and their families, physicians, and department and hospital employees at all levels of management, and from diverse backgrounds.
Requirements
- College degree
- Some theological education or counseling education
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Prior unit of CPE preferred, with evidence of having met first level outcomes.
- Experience working with people of diverse faiths and cultures is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Participate in all activities and group work of the Clinical Pastoral Education Program.
- Complete all required readings and written work.
- Provide spiritual care to patients/families/staff on assigned units or by referrals through Spiritual Care.
- Provide overnight and weekend on-call coverage in rotation with others.
- Apply learning in the CPE Education Program to make judgments concerning spiritual/emotional needs and decisions about how to assist persons as a chaplain.
- Communicate in the context of the other person’s frame of reference and language skills.
- Work as a professional.
- Interact as part of the interdisciplinary care team.
- Chart as directed and appropriate in the patient’s medical record.
- Relate comfortably and supportively with CPE peers, patients and their families, physicians, and department and hospital employees at all levels of management, and from diverse backgrounds.
Benefits
- Medical (including prescription)
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits (access to group rates on insurance and discounts)
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
