Staff Chaplain - Day Weekend Shift-Part Time

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta • Sandy Springs, GA

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and employees to address needs in coping with the impact of illness, injury, or traumatic events. Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team to address the holistic needs of a patient’s plan of care. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 Units of CPE through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
• Master's degree in Divinity from an accredited graduate school of theology or equivalent
• Ordination or recognition as a spiritual leader in their religious/spiritual tradition required
• Knowledge of spiritual assessment tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of stages of faith and spiritual development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of psychosocial development, family systems, and relational dynamics.
• Ability to work with families and staff with diverse spiritual understandings and needs.
• Good understanding of Trauma informed care.
• Minimum typing skills and ability to navigate computers for electronic charting.

Nice To Haves

• 2,000 hours of experience as a chaplain after completion of all Clinical Pastoral Education units
• 1 year of pediatric healthcare experience
• Experience as a chaplain in a trauma center
• Member of Pediatric Chaplain's Network
• Specialized training in Pediatrics/Ethics
• Board Certified, Provisionally Board Certified or Board eligible Chaplain by one of the following: Association of Professional Chaplains (APC); National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC); Nesham; Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC); or The Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association Canadienne des Soins Spirituels (CASC/ACSS).

Responsibilities

• Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients and families of varying religious and spiritual traditions.
• Provides or facilitates sacramental ministries.
• Responds to codes and other emergencies or crises.
• Provides supportive services to hospital employees.
• Organizes and conducts inter-faith religious worship services to address identified spiritual holidays, grief needs, and other services deemed appropriate.
• Works with the interdisciplinary team in assessing the holistic care needs of the patient and family while supporting age-appropriate and developmental-specific spiritual care needs.
• Provides education to identified audiences related to the spiritual needs throughout the life span.
• Serves as preceptor/mentor to CPE Interns and Residents in the Clinical Pastoral Education Program.
• Involvement in various department and hospital-wide committees and initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees