Chaplain Certified II - Longview Spiritual Care - Full Time

Summary:

The Certified Chaplain provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions. The Certified Chaplain systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interdisciplinary teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families and staff in a variety of situations, including, but not limited to, crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises.
• Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients and/or families.
• Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment.
• Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in patient’s medical record.
• Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing a plan of care.
• Plans and facilitates worship services, as needed.
• Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care.
• Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment.
• Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes.
• Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events.
• Able to mentor clinical pastoral education interns and non-certified Chaplains.
• Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family.
• Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crisis situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes.
• Serves as an ethics resource for patients, family and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal /withholding of life-sustaining treatment.
• Understands and adheres to the CHRISTUS Health Associate Covenant and Code of Ethics.
• Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, CHRISTUS associates, and other volunteers.
• Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served.
• Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by the Director of Spiritual Care.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Master’s Degree in Theology or Divinity

Experience

• Minimum of three years of experience in Spiritual Care

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Board Certified (Certification must be from an approved professional organization - the National Associate of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) and Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC)
• Endorsement by denomination for faith group

Work Type:

Full Time