Chaplain Certified II - Spiritual Care in San Marcos, 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.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual “Best of Hays” publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women’s services and more.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• 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 Type:

Full Time

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