Chaplain - Days

Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Inc.; Beaumont (TX); Ibrido; USD 60.000 - 82.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Matched Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefit Plan – Medical,

Descrizione del lavoro

Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Inc. is seeking a Chaplain to provide direct spiritual care to patients and families, integrating faith-based support into the hospital setting.

The role includes visiting patients, facilitating Chapel services, teaching on advance directives, and serving as a liaison among patients, families, and staff during illness or end-of-life situations. Master's degree in Divinity or Theology and four CPE units are required; candidates must be able to work with

Competenze

• Specialized pastoral care knowledge and skills applied to patients and families.
• Interpersonal relationship skills for spiritual care and ethics discussions.
• Ability to facilitate education and religious resources within a hospital setting.

Mansioni

• Integrates spiritual care into hospital life and provides Chapel Services.
• Visits patients and families based on need and informs pastors when requested.
• Facilitates education on directives and medical-ethics topics for staff and community.
• Acts as liaison among patient, family and hospital staff during illness or end-of-life situations.

Conoscenze

Pastoral care

Interpersonal skills

Religious counseling

Formazione

Master's Degree in Divinity or Theology

Four Units of Clinical Pastoral Education

Descrizione del lavoro

We are looking to add top talent to our Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas team.

Join us in performing Sacred Work!

Competitive benefits are offered including:

• Matched Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Benefit Plan – Medical, Dental, Vision and Much More!
• Bonus Potential

Summary/Objective

The Chaplain applies specialized pastoral care knowledge and interpersonal relationship skills learned in seminary and Clinical Pastoral Education to the direct spiritual care of persona facing values conflicts and spiritual concerns from the impending loss of life and/or new way of life. These persons are encountered on a hierarchy of need from death, acute critical illness, requests and referrals for visit and needs of hospital and medical staff.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Integrates spiritual care into the life of the hospital by providing religious/spiritual resources to patients, their families and staff; as well as providing Chapel Services.
• Visits patients and family members based on a hierarchy of need and, at request of patient, alerts patient's pastor and/or congregation of patient's admission to facilitate the religious/spiritual care of the patient.
• Fulfills the role of teacher by facilitation of education of patients, their families, hospital staff and the community at large; as well as, provides guidance, consultation relating to instruments covered by the Texas Advance Directive Act as well as issues related to the Consent to Medical Treatment Act and teaches selected modules at the Faith Community Nursing Foundations Course.
• Serves as a liaison between patient, family and hospital staff during illness of long-term duration, sudden critical illness or injury, the living-dying interval and lengthy or life-threating surgery and when needed provides counseling to patients, their families and hospital staff in situations involving ethical concerns or values conflict at the end of life.
• Works with the Chaplain's emergency Relief Fund administering funding for medicine and durable medical equipment for patients without financial means.
• Acts as a denominational liaison to the Baptist General Convention of Texas as needed, periodically attends the local Baptist Association Executive Board Meeting and represents Baptist Hospital within the religious community at large by preaching in their worship services.

Required Education and Experieince

Master's Degree in Divinity or Theology

Four Units of Clinical Pastoral Education from a certified Association for Clinical Pastoral Education training center.