Resident Chaplain Atrium Health Navicent

Advocate Health; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health in Macon, GA seeks a chaplain to perform daily spiritual care visits, provide support to patients and families from diverse backgrounds, and collaborate with the health care team to facilitate spiritual care groups.

Responsibilities include maintaining spiritual care statistics, upholding denominational endorsement, and engaging in regular supervisory meetings with CP Education. Open to candidates pursuing a Master’s in Counseling or holding an ACPE CP unit.

Qualifications

• Master's of Divinity or equivalency preferred.
• One prior ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education unit preferred.
• Open to candidates enrolled in or who have completed a Master's in Counseling.

Responsibilities

• Performs daily spiritual care visitation.
• Provides spiritual care and support to patients, families, and teammates, respecting diverse backgrounds and without proselytizing.
• Supports faith group leaders visiting their members who are patients.
• Facilitates Spiritual Care Groups with the health care team.

Skills

Communication

Cultural sensitivity

Team collaboration

Education

Master's of Divinity or equivalency

ACPE CP Education unit

Job description

Essential Functions

• Performs daily spiritual care visitation.
• Ensures appropriate response and follow-up on all referrals from the clinical nursing areas to which assigned.
• Provides Spiritual Care and support to patients, families, and teammates of all cultural and spiritual backgrounds, does not proselytize.
• Supports faith group leaders visiting their members who are patients.
• Facilitates Spiritual Care Groups in collaboration with Health Care Team.
• Maintains spiritual care statistics of daily Spiritual Care activities and completes charting for spiritual care interactions.
• Maintains responsible relationship with his/her endorsing denomination, and engages in those activities necessary to the maintenance of that endorsement.
• Takes initiative to maintain active and regular supervisory meetings with CPE Supervisor, and regularly reports professional activities at same meetings.
• Works in groups and team meetings where appropriate as part of team delivery of care on clinical nursing areas.
• Remains in compliance with the Standards and guidelines set forth in the Clinical Pastoral Education Student Handbook.
• Attends regular peer group meetings, educational presentations, etc as required by the CPE Faculty.

Physical Requirements

Service ability to be mobile (walking, standing, sitting, etc.) Talking and hearing essential to communicate with patients, families, and teammates. Must be able to read and speak English in simple, understandable terms. Must be able to be mobile and free of any physical limitation which would preclude fulfillment of spiritual care duties. Ability to engage in a good working relationship with all departments.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Master's of Divinity or equivalency based on the Common Qualification and Competencies for Professional Chaplains preferred. One previous unit of Clinical Pastoral Education by an accredited ACPE center preferred.

Open to candidates who are enrolled in or have completed a Master's in Counseling program