Chaplain - Folsom

Job Summary And Responsibilities · As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff. · Every day, you will provide direct sp ...

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Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.

Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief.

You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.

To be successful in this role, you must be a highly compassionate individual, comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional, panicked, stressed, or in pain.

You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

For each age group, demonstrates competency (knowledge, skills) by charting, when appropriate, or sharing at clinical rounds age-specific information necessary to provide appropriate spiritual/emotional care for newborn, infant, toddler, preschool-age, school-age, adolescent, young adult, middle adult, late adult.

Successfully completes age-specific competency exam yearly.

Exceeds by doing 2 case presentations per year to department members and manager that include age-specific spiritual/emotional care (and theological reflection if possible), using the age-specific observation tool as guideline.

Promotes collaboration by: 1) participating at patient care rounds and family conferences. 2) assisting manager in running department and the promotion of spiritual care (e.g. contributing at meetings, articulating departmental process and goals). 3) working as liaison between parish or congregation and patient/family. 4) working cooperatively with chaplaincy volunteers (provide H.C. list, follow up on referrals from volunteers). 5) making appropriate referrals to community clergy, nurses, social services, ethics committee, supportive care pathway. 6) coaching staff informally on ways to provide spiritual care.

Exceeds by doing 2 of the following: 1) presenting new employee orientations on Chaplaincy Services. 2) supervising or developing volunteer program or 3) preparing program for chaplains to work more effectively with another department or outside organization or 4) developing program to teach staff to effectively address patients/families spiritual needs or 5) Participating in 2 or more defusings/debriefings at CSH under leadership of ClSM Team Coordinator.

Interacts in a supportive, professional manner with department members and with other health care team members, patients, family members and other customers (especially in conflictual situations and crises).

1 ) treats everyone with dignity and respect regardless of cultural differences, race, religion, gender, medical circumstances. geographic location, education, sexual orientation or physical attributes and capabilities and models this respect for other staff members. 2) exercises courtesy promptly and professionally with no more than 2-3 valid complaints per year) utilizes conflict reduction skills by discussion of problems directly with appropriate individual by helping to resolve problems on team and between patients/families with staff and/or doctors. 4) encourages, accepts, provides feedback in a positive and constructive manner.

Exceeds by manager receiving 4 or more positive validations of ministry from staff or patient/families that would reflect ability to maintain composure and help others do the same when resolving conflictual situations or assisting other in dealing with emotional, spiritual and/or physical crises.

Promotes stewardship by 1) utilizing time and supplies in a productive, cost-effective manner. 2) Participating in hospital's recycling efforts. 3) Working with manager to measure productivity and quality; assurance. 4) Keeping education records, age-specific observation tool updated in personnel files on yearly basis.

Exceeds by chaplain proposing 3 or more practical suggestions yearly that would increase productivity and/or cost savings to the department/ organization.

Promotes excellence by demonstrating ability to assess and address spiritual needs of patients, family members and staff as referred, within 12 hours of referral.

Documents in patient record information pertinent to spiritual assessment and services offered.

Is visible to patients, families, staff, M.D.'s on assigned units so that case finding is done and referrals made in timely fashion.

Exceeds by assisting in 2 interdisciplinary programs per year that promote spiritual care as essential to healing, or by conducting 2 or more bereavement support groups within IMHS.

Makes known availability and way to access Chaplaincy Services to at least 80% of patients and/or family members within 24 hours of admission on assigned nursing units, with the exception of weekends and holidays.

Required

Job Requirements

1 year Chaplaincy experience in the hospital or healthcare setting

Preferred

Bachelors Degree in Theology, Pastoral Care/Counseling, Spirituality preferred OR Masters in Theology or Divinity OR Certificate Other Certification or eligible for certification (with at least four units of Clinical PastoralEducation) as Chaplain by NACC or APC
Catholic Chaplain
Board Certified Chaplain APC
Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education
Board Certified Chaplain BCC
BCC - JEWISH CHAPLAIN
BCC - CANADIAN SPIRITUAL

Where You'll Work

Dignity Health, Mercy Hospital of Folsom is the community hospital serving the Sierra foothills communities of Folsom El Dorado Hills Granite Bay Cameron Park Shingle Springs and Rescue.

With 106 licensed acute-care beds our accredited non-profit hospital has been providing exceptional care for more than 35 years. Mercy Hospital of Folsom provides surgical services including minimally-invasive general urological and gynecological surgeries. We also provide comprehensive and award-winning orthopedic services which include surgery inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and specialty orthopedic care.

As a certified Joint Commission Stroke Center Mercy Folsom provides exceptional care to our patients in our Medical Surgical and Intensive Care units as well as our 25-bed Emergency Department.

Our Family Birth Center features private and contemporary birthing suites where labor delivery and recovery occur in one room as well as award-winning lactation training and support.

Mercy Folsom received Among America's 250 Best Hospitals recognition and is a Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$ $48.17 /hour