CHAPLAIN II -

UNM Hospital; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 40,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

UNM Hospital in Albuquerque seeks a Chaplain to provide spiritual care to patients, families, and staff. You will support orientation, training, and development within the department, collaborating with clergy and chaplains.

The role requires sensitivity to diverse faith traditions and strong pastoral skills. Responsibilities include providing sacraments and worship services, coordinating with hospital teams, and developing educational programs while ensuring patient safety and adherence to

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Divinity or an equivalent field.
• 4 units of clinical education required.
• Divinity or equivalent credential required.
• Faith or Community Endorsement must be held.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual support to patients, families and staff via in-house, off-site, and on-call coverage.
• Oversee chapel use and liaise with local clergy; provide in-service and education across faiths.
• Provide for specific needs of individual faiths with an ecumenical approach; conduct sacraments and worship services.
• Collaborate with hospital staff to identify and solve problems related to patient care.
• Plan and conduct Pastoral Care programs; participate in staff development and education.
• Document patient care activities using the FICA Spiritual Assessment.

Skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Education

Master's Degree

4 Units Clinical Education

Divinity or Equivalent

Faith or Community Endorsement

Job description

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Dept of Spiritual Health

FTE: 0.05

PRN

Shift: Rotating

Position Summary

Provide spiritual support to patients, families and staff. Assist in the orientation, training, and professional development of department staff, community clergy, volunteer chaplains, and visiting Catholic Priest. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric and behavioral health groups.

Detailed Responsibilities

• SPIRITUAL NEEDS - Provide in-house, off-site, and on-call spiritual need coverage to patients, families and hospital staff by responding to codes, death, and other emergencies
• OVERSIGHT - Oversee use of chapel for spiritual purposes; act as liaison with local clergy; provide in-service and community educational needs of individual faiths by fostering ecumenical approach to hospital ministry
• MINISTRY - Provide for specific needs of individual faiths by fostering an ecumenical/universal approach to hospital ministry
• SPIRITUAL NEEDS - Provide spiritual support to patients, families and hospital staff as requested; provide sacraments, worship services, and memorial services
• COLLABORATION - Collaborate with Hospital staff employees when working with patients to strengthen the care provided; assist in identifying and solving problems
• PASTORAL CARE - Assess and plan for Pastoral Care Program consistent with available resources and institution mission; assist in planning, organizing, scheduling, and conducting spiritual programs and services
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• DOCUMENTATION - Compile and complete documentation of patient care activities using the FICA Spiritual Assessment

Qualifications

Education

Essential

• Pastoral
• Master's Degree

Education specialization

Essential

• 4 Units Clinical Education
• Divinity or Equivalent

Experience

Essential

1 year directly related experience

Nonessential

Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 3 years directly related experience Mental health facility inpatient experience; Bio-medical Ethics Committee Member experience

Credentials

Essential

• Fatih or Community Endorsement

Nonessential

• APC, NACC, NAJC, CASC or SCA Board Cert w/in 36 mos of pos

Physical Conditions

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.

Working conditions

• Sig Haz: Physical risk/injuries due to combative patients
• Sig Hazard: Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
• May be required or is required to perform on-call duties
• May work rotating shifts, holidays and weekends
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required