Chaplain hourly Per Diem - Jefferson

Magee Rehabilitation Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Coverage

Vision Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement Plans

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Jefferson Health in Philadelphia seeks a Chaplain to provide assessment and spiritual care for patients, families, and staff, guiding them through challenging times. The chaplain will act as a liaison among hospital staff, patients and families, offering crisis support and spiritual interventions across diverse faiths.

The role involves education for students, staff, and volunteers, participation in ethics, palliative, hospice and cancer interdisciplinary teams, and ongoing ward rounding.

Qualifications

• Education - Required
• Experience - Required
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3 years in a trauma facility
• 3 years experience providing spiritual guidance

Responsibilities

• Maintains a pastoral presence by establishing and nurturing a ministry of accompaniment.
• Assesses spiritual needs of patients and provides appropriate interventions.
• Promotes faith development, mindfulness, and reflective living.
• Serves as crisis support to patients, families and staff during traumas and difficult decisions.
• Administers education to students, staff, and volunteers regarding the role of chaplains and spiritual care.
• Participates in ethics, palliative, hospice and/or cancer interdisciplinary teams as requested.
• Maintains an ongoing relationship with staff on designated rounding units.
• Offers invocations, blessings and benedictions at network functions or on-site memorial services.

Skills

Pastoral care

Crisis support

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education & training

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition 1 Job Details Provides assessment and spiritual care through the appropriate intervention and referral of patients, families and staff. Serves as the liaison between the hospital staff, patients and families during challenging or traumatic situations.

• Maintains a pastoral presence by establishing and nurturing a ministry of accompaniment that assists patients/families in navigating challenging times in a meaningful and potentially transformative way.
• Assesses spiritual needs of patients and provides appropriate interventions with consideration to growth development needs and demographics.
• Promotes faith development, mindfulness, and reflective living as essential to the emergence of the whole person.
• Serves as crisis support to patients, families and staff during traumas and alerts and difficult decision‑making moments.
• Administers education to students, staff, and volunteers regarding role of chaplains and spiritual care.
• Participates in ethics, palliative, hospice and/or cancer et al interdisciplinary teams as requested.
• Maintains an on‑going relationship with the staff on designated rounding units.
• Offers invocations, blessings and benedictions at network functions or on‑site memorial services.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Attends staff meetings.
• Complies with network policies.
• Completes quarterly trainings.
• Completes yearly self‑evaluation and goal setting.

Job Description

• Education - Required
• Experience - Required

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience - Preferred

• 3 years in a trauma facility.
• 3 years experience providing spiritual guidance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required

• Familiarity with the religious beliefs and practices of various faiths, groups, and denominations.
• Skill at monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Use of good stewardship of time, energy, physical, and financial resources.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type Regular Employee

Entity Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

Primary Location Address 1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

About the Organization

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• voluntary benefits

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part‑time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.