Chaplain Certified - Spiritual Care - PRN in San Antonio, TX

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External Applicant Current Associate

Summary:

Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.

Responsibilities:

• ASSESSES, PROVIDES, AND DOCUMENTS EFFECTIVE SPIRITUAL CARE TO PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT, END OF LIFE CARE, AND FAITH CRISES
• SYSTEMATICALLY AND INTENTIONALLY GATHERS DATA TO PROVIDE ON-GOING SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS OR FAMILIES
• DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS A SPIRITUAL PLAN OF CARE BASED ON SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT
• DOCUMENTS SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT AND SPIRITUAL PLAN OF CARE IN PATIENT’S MEDICAL RECORD
• PARTICIPATES AS A MEMBER OF THE PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM, AS ASSIGNED
• PARTICIPATES AS A MEMBER OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IDENTIFYING PATIENT/FAMILY NEEDS AND DEVELOPING PLAN OF CARE
• PLANS AND FACILITATES WORSHIP SERVICES AS NEEDED
• PROVIDES TIMELY AND SENSITIVE SPIRITUAL CARE TO ASSOCIATES VIA INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INTERACTIONS
• COLLECTS RELEVANT DATA TO SELF-MONITOR QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SPIRITUAL CARE
• DEVELOPS SPECIALIZED SPIRITUAL CARE SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF ASSIGNMENT
• SERVES AS A TEACHING RESOURCE IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL SITUATIONS ABOUT SPIRITUALITY, SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
• ASSIST WITH DEBRIEFING AND SUPPORT OF ASSOCIATES AFTER MAJOR EVENTS
• PROVIDES SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS RESOURCES AS REQUESTED BY PATIENT/FAMILY
• INTRODUCES PATIENT/FAMILY TO SERVICES OF THE SPIRITUAL CARE DEPARTMENT
• CONTACTS COMMUNITY CLERGY AS REQUESTED BY PATIENT/FAMILY
• ABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY UNDER STRESS, TO COPE WITH CRISES SITUATIONS, AND TO RESPOND CREATIVELY TO A MULTIPLICITY OF CHANGES
• PROVIDES HOSPITALITY AND ASSISTANCE TO VISITING CLERGY AS NEEDED
• SERVES AS ETHICS RESOURCE FOR PATIENTS, FAMILY, and ASSOCIATES FOR A VARIETY OF CLINICAL SITUATIONS, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL/WITHHOLDING OF LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT
• SERVES AS CLINICAL PARTNER OR MENTOR TO CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION INTERNS
• UNDERSTANDS AND ADHERES TO THE CHRISTUS HEALTH ASSOCIATE COVENANT AND CODE OF ETHICS
• RESPECTS CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING PATIENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, OTHER VOLUNTEERS AND CSRHS ASSOCIATES
• DEMONSTRATES CULTURAL HUMILITY AND SENSITIVITY WITH RESPECT TO PATIENT POPULATIONS SERVED
• PERFORMS MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL TASKS AS ASSIGNED OR REQUESTED BY DIRECTOR OF SPIRITUAL CARED.

Requirements:

Education

• MASTER'S DEGREE IN DIVINITY, THEOLOGY, PASTORAL MINISTRY OR SPIRITUALITY REQUIRED (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification) 
• COMPLETION OF A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS OF CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

Experience

• MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR SUPERVISED MINISTRY IN A CLINICAL SETTING POST CERTIFICATION 
• EXPERIENCES WITHIN SPECIALTY AREA(S), PRESENTATIONS TO OR WITH OTHER CLINICIANS PREFERRED

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• CERTIFICATION BY APC, NACC, OR CPSP 
• MUST BE ENDORSED BY LEADER OF THEIR FAITH COMMUNITY

Work Schedule:

PRN

Work Type:

Per Diem As Needed