Chaplain Non Cert

• Delivers direct spiritual care appropriate to recipient’s spirituality, culture, religious preference and health status
• Attends to critically ill patients/families with personalized care
• Participates in crisis intervention and participates on Code Blue teams and crisis debriefing as necessary
• Provides and coordinates essential elements of spiritual/pastoral assessments and care to patients and families
• Provides spiritual/pastoral care interventions
• Documents assessments and interventions in the patient’s medical records
• Provides ministry to and/or colleagueship with people of diverse cultures and those with disabilities
• Collaborates with local clergy, and other spiritual leaders, to augment the patients’ faith group support system
• Facilitates prayer and healing rites as appropriate to the area of service
• Works closely and effectively with care managers, interdisciplinary care teams, social workers, nursing and medical staff to provide spiritual care insights
• Attends reports, rounds, and IDT meetings on a regular basis as time allows
• Provides information regarding Advance Directives to physicians and other care providers
• Facilitates support groups and group debriefing where appropriate
• Participates in family/client conferences, providing spiritual care insights
• Provides education on spiritual care and mission as assigned
• Prepares timely, accurate, and thorough documentation in accordance with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) standards and procedures
• Regularly and thoroughly completes required spiritual care documentation, including charts regarding patient/client interactions, daily activity sheets, community benefits forms, and spiritual assessments
• Provides direct spiritual consultation and spiritual and emotional support for staff experiencing work-related or personal stress, including being available for private conversations while respecting work schedules and locating private space for counseling
• Investigates, identifies and implements strategies to more effectively use available resources to meet client needs
• Works within the scope and expertise of a chaplain and refers to additional support as appropriate
• Collaborates with CPE students, volunteers, and local clergy to extend spiritual care services
• Supports the efforts of the department to recruit, train and mentor pastoral care volunteers, including assisting with the supervision of pastoral care volunteers within service
• Offers time and instruction to CPE students assigned to clinical areas and communicates directly with the CPE Educator regarding student performance and behaviors
• Welcomes and supports local clergy in the care of those within their spiritual and/or faith community
• Provides education and ethical consultation for patients, family, staff and volunteers
• Contributes to ethical consultation and family conferences in coordination with VMFH ethics, referring when appropriate
• Assists in presenting instruction to healthcare groups, CPE students and spiritual care volunteers
• Assists in presenting instruction to spiritual care staff resulting from chaplain performance measurement initiatives
• Evaluates religious art and literature utilized within the health care settings
• Participates on committees as assigned

• Bachelors Other and successful completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral education or be in their fourth unit, upon hire
• Masters Other Enrollment in a Master’s degree in theology or associated discipline that is recognized by a chaplaincy certifying body, upon hire
• Catholic Chaplain, within 36 - months or Board Certified Chaplain APC, within 36 - months or Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education, within 36 - months or BCC - JEWISH CHAPLAIN, within 36 - months or BCC - CANADIAN SPIRITUAL, within 36 - months

medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings