Per Diem Chaplain, Pastoral Care and Education - New York, United States - Mount Sinai

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Description Per Diem Chaplain, Pastoral Care And Education, Mount Sinai Morningside**Reporting to the Director of Spiritual Care and Education, the Chaplain is responsible for responding to the spiritual needs of patients, families and staff throughout the organization. The Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients and their loved ones who are confronting serious illness, making difficult treatment decisions, feeling alienated or alone, or experiencing conflict, despair or feelings of hopelessness. The Chaplain functions as a team member of the Department of Spiritual Care and Education at Mount Sinai Hospital and throughout the Mount Sinai Health System, and establishes collaborative relationships with the interdisciplinary care team, other professionals and the community.

Responsibilities

  • Visits patients on assigned floors, throughout the hospital, and, as appropriate, in outpatient settings.
  • Assesses patient and family spiritual and/or religious needs, supports with appropriate interventions, and assesses outcomes.
  • Demonstrates necessary chaplaincy knowledge and skills.
  • Communicates effectively with patients of all demographics served by hospital.
  • Participates in on-call rotation as needed.
  • Maintains relationships with medical staff, nursing staff, and other departments as representative of Department of Spiritual Care and Education.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary meetings in assigned patient care areas.
  • Provides care and support to hospital staff.
  • Liaises as needed with hospital priests and community clergy to ensure patients' religious needs are met.
  • Mentors and orients clinical pastoral education students, and teaches didactics as requested.
  • Participates in organizing and leading holiday services, memorials, and special events as well as activities connected to Spiritual Care Week and Nurses' Week.
  • Fulfills documentation requirements, including appropriate charting in the electronic medical record.
  • Presents on spiritual care topics to outside departments and/or units, as requested.
  • Serves on hospital committees as invited.
  • Participates in maintenance of proper administration procedures for department in accordance with institutional policies.
  • Adheres to the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
  • Maintains board-certification by national chaplain association.
  • Other relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications Education Requirements**- Master's degree with a focus in theology or related fields preferred.

  • Successful completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education in an accredited program preferred.

Experience Requirements

  • 2 years of direct chaplaincy experience preferred.
  • Experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.

Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)

  • Certified or certificationeligible by the Association of Professional Chaplains, Neshama: the Association of Jewish Chaplains, the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, the ACPE, or the Spiritual Care Association preferred.

Compensation Statement


The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.

The salary range for this role is $ $30.58 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need.

The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Non-Bargaining Unit, BUZ - Pastoral Care And Education - STL, Mount Sinai St. Luke's

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.

When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:


  • Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
  • Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing sidebyside in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
  • Inspiring and fostering an environment of antiracist behaviors among and between departments and coworkers.


We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance.

We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient
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