Part-Time Staff Chaplain - Lawrenceburg, United States - St. Elizabeth HealthCare
Description
Visits in-patients, assesses spiritual needs and provides sacraments and pastoral care to patients, visitors, and staff to facilitate the healing process.
Attends interdisciplinary discharge planning meetings in order to be an integral member of the interdisciplinary team.
Prepares and conducts various programs including employee and clergy orientations, Hospice volunteer training, and community education to make others aware of the scope of Pastoral Care at SEMC.
Maintains appropriate communications with other staff regarding patients by filling out Evening Report when working second shift, turning in weekly activities report, attending regular monthly staff meetings, and filing Patient Spiritual Assessment forms in patient charts or (for priests) signing chart when patients anointed.
When working on
Behavioral Health Units:
completes initial spiritual assessment within 72 hours of patient admission; provides counseling as needed; gives lectures as part of overall program; works with interdisciplinary team and reports to program director.
Provides prayer service and/or other group experiences in order to help patients understand the spiritual dimension of their recovery.When working with Hospice:
communicates with patients clergy; makes introductory home visits; completes initial spiritual assessment on all patients; provides consultation/education to other interdisciplinary team members; supervises bereavement services; participates in interdisciplinary team conferences to enable all involved to communicate and receive support to deal with spiritual issues; reports to the Hospice directory/Nurse Manager.
Performs other duties as assigned.Education, Credentials, Licenses:
College graduate and ecclesiastical (denominational) endorsement
Membership in the National Association of Catholic Chaplains or Association for Professional Chaplains
Two units of Clinical Pastoral Education or equivalent
Specialized Knowledge:
Previous counseling experience
Thorough understanding of the goals and objectives of SEMC including the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Facilities.
Two years pastoral ministry
DESIRABLE
Masters of Divinity
Experience in specialized hospital units
Certification by NACC or APC
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
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