Chaplain

Inova Health System; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is seeking a dedicated Chaplain to join our team. This full-time role offers a day shift, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., within the Inova Health System in the Virginia region.

The Chaplain will provide spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff, lead memorial services, and collaborate with nursing, medical, and volunteer chaplain staff to support holistic care.

Qualifications

• Board Certified or eligible within two years.
• Endorsement by authoritative board of one's religious affiliation within one year of employment.
• One year of working in a hospital setting or two years of other relative experience.
• Masters Degree in Religious or theological pastoral studies; Four units of CPE.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely spiritual, religious and emotional support to patients, families and staff.
• Lead memorial/bereavement services as directed by Spiritual Care Manager.
• Develop and implement recommendations to enhance well-being and satisfaction of patients, visitors and staff.
• Participate in educational opportunities for nursing, medical and care staff on spiritual health topics.
• Serve on operating unit committees as assigned by manager or director.

Skills

Spiritual care

Patient support

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Masters Degree in Religious or theological pastoral studies

Four units of Clinical pastoral education (CPE)

Job description

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Chaplain to join our team. This role will be Full-Time, Day Shift, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave

The Chaplain assists the manager or director in leading/planning memorial services, bereavement ceremonies, and staff debriefings to support the religious/spiritual/emotional needs of the hospital community. Assists the manager or director in supporting an interdisciplinary approach to patient care among nursing, medical, and volunteer chaplain staff. Participates in delivering and/or arranging for effective and appropriate spiritual support to patients, their loved ones, and staff in assigned areas. Participates in hospital or system committees as assigned.

Chaplain Job Responsibilities:

• Provides timely and effective spiritual, religious and/or emotional support to patients, their loved ones, and staff from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds
• Responsible for leading memorial/bereavement services as directed by the Spiritual Care Manager.
• Plans and participates in memorial services for the benefit of staff members and families
• Assists the manager or director in the development and implementation of recommendations to enhance patient/visitor/staff well-being and satisfaction.
• Participates in educational opportunities for nursing, medical, and ancillary care staff on topics related to the spiritual dimensions of health and illness.
• Serves on operating unit committees as assigned by manager or director, eg., Bereavement, ethics, transplant consortium, palliative care committees, etc.
• Develops creative initiatives to promote the value of a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of compassionate care.
• Works with manager to expand community faith-based resources by developing and maintaining effective relationships with area religious leaders through outreach and in-service opportunities.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of a standardized training program of core competencies for potential volunteers.
• Assists in the evaluation of spiritual care volunteers to ensure core competencies are maintained and documented.
• Assists in the preparation and presentation of bi‑monthly continuing education seminars for spiritual care volunteers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certification: Board Certified or eligible within two years
• Licensure: Must obtain endorsement by authoritative board of one own religious affiliation within one year of employment
• Experience: One year of working in a hospital setting or two years of other relative experience
• Education: Masters Degree in Religious or theological pastoral studies. Four units of Clinical pastoral education(CPE)