Chaplain, fulltime

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Chaplain

 

FLSA: E 

 

Job Code: 5014 

 

Pay Target: F1 

 

Supervisory Responsibility: Yes 

 

 

General Description of the Job Class

Provide a full ministry of pastoral care and spiritual support and counseling to patients, families, and staff in assigned areas within hospital, hospice, or community programs.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

Level I: -Provide immediate and long-term assessment of the spiritual situation and needs of the persons in the assigned areas.

-On referral and at the chaplain's initiative, provide pastoral care and counseling, to include the full range of sacraments and rituals of the religious community.

-For persons of other faith perspectives who wish ministry from within their faith, identify and make referrals to appropriate and available clergy or religious leaders in the community.

-Provide support to hospital staff in the assigned areas through individual counseling and through structured group meetings.

-Participate in the assessment, education and resolution of medical ethical issues in the assigned areas.

-Develop the pastoral component in interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas.

 

Level II: -Develop a program of outreach to community clergy and religious leaders for the purpose of creating adjunct chaplaincy

-Provide administrative supervision for chaplain residents and interns assigned to this chaplains area

-Conduct ongoing pastoral evaluation and pastoral research programs in assigned areas

-Conduct seminars with focus on specific pastoral care issues for chaplain residents and interns.

 

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education: Master of Divinity or equivalent degree.

 

Level I: Completion of one year's residency in Clinical Pastoral Education.

 

Level II: Completion of a second-year residency in Clinical Pastoral Education.

 

 

Experience

Level I: Six months pastoral ministry, in church or institution.

Level II: Three years of experience as a clinical chaplain

 

 

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification:

Level I: Eligible for certification as "Board Certified Chaplain" by the Association of Professional Chaplains. Denominational Endorsement.

Level II Clinical membership in the Association for Clinical Pastoral

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Level I: Skills in crisis intervention.

Ability to provide ministry in high stress environment

Skills in pastoral assessment

Physically capable of sustained work in high stress environment

 

Level II: Skills in supervising the clinical work of chaplain interns and residents

 

Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level

Level II: Development of administrative and mentoring skills for coordinating and administering a pastoral care spiritual support ministry in a major component of the health system, to include participation in the training programs for chaplain interns and residents

Job Code: 00005014 CHAPLAIN
Job Level: F1

 

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