Chaplain - Mount Holly, United States - VIRTUA

VIRTUA
VIRTUA
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Mount Holly, United States

3 weeks ago

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Summary:


This position exists to assist patients, families and health care workers in meeting their religious/spiritual needs; to network with community organizations and resources in matters related to health and spiritual care; and to serve as a resource for Virtua on spiritual/religious matters.


Position Responsibilities:


  • By way of responding to referrals from various sources, to assess the level of spiritual distress, provide appropriate interventions to patients and their families/friends in meeting their religious and spiritual needs through visitation, sacramental and ritual ministry and referral services and documenting the outcome of these interventions in the patient record.
  • To provide the same comprehensive pastoral care to the health care workers and volunteers as needed and requested.
  • To oversee the chapel and pastoral care offices 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; processing requests for spiritual interventions on a priority basis, dispatching professional chaplains, community clergy and/or specially trained clergy and lay volunteers as appropriate; maximum response time per request being 24 hours.
  • To serve as a liaison and facilitator for area clergy.
  • To plan and lead religious services.
  • Recruit, Train, And provide continuing Education for Volunteer Chaplain Aides.
  • By way of participating in interdisciplinary care rounds on CCU, 5 Stokes, 3 NE, and on 4 NE/NW and serving on various local and systemwide committees, such as critical care and bioethics, to act as advisor to the health care team on religious and/or spiritual issues impacting the plan of care.

Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required:
A minimum of 3 years experience in Parish, Institutional Ministry or Pastoral Care Administration.


Required Education:


Education and training in ministry sufficient to meet the criteria of the chaplain's own faith group for professional ministry; typically the incumbent will have earned the MDiv degree from an accredited seminary.

In addition, one unit of Clinical Pastoral education or comparable supervised clinical education is preferred.


Training/Certifications/Licensure:

70 hours per year of continuing education is expected.

Board Certified Clinical Chaplain certificate or equivalent is preferred.
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