Staff Chaplain (Full-Time/Rotating) Center City

Jefferson Health Plans • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

Provide overall pastoral care in designated clinical assignment areas, including emotional and spiritual support for patient, families, and staff.

Requirements

• Minimum of four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
• Bachelor and Masters Degree Preferred
• Board Certified or eligible for certification, which must be acquired within 24 months of hire, through (APC) The Association of Professional Chaplains, (NACC) The National Association of Catholic Chaplains, or (NAJC) National Association of Jewish Chaplains
• Must be a skilled pastoral care provider with minimum of two (2) years of hospital experience (CPE internships or residencies are applicable), preferably at a Level I Trauma Center.
• Possess the capacity to make departmental presentations regarding the provision of pastoral care in the hospital setting.
• Proven ability to work with all levels of Hospital/University personnel and all internal/external customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide Spiritual and Emotional Support Offer spiritual care, emotional comfort, and pastoral presence to patients, families, and staff, regardless of faith tradition or belief system.
• Provide Crisis and Bereavement Support Respond to emergencies (such as trauma, code events, or death notifications) and support families and staff during grief and crisis situations.
• Collaborate with Healthcare Team Work alongside doctors, nurses, and social workers to integrate spiritual care into overall patient treatment and end-of-life care plans.
• Assess Spiritual Needs Perform spiritual assessments as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to identify and document patients’ spiritual or existential needs.
• Collaborate with Healthcare Team Work alongside doctors, nurses, and social workers to integrate spiritual care into overall patient treatment and end-of-life care plans.
• Provide Crisis and Bereavement Support Respond to emergencies (such as trauma, code events, or death notifications) and support families and staff during grief and crisis situations.

Benefits

• Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time