Chaplain Associate

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Chaplain Associate supports the ongoing efforts of Bryan's Chaplain personnel by assessing and attending to the spiritual needs of patients, their families and employees as assigned.  The Chaplain Associate's ministry reflects appropriate age-specific and cognitive understanding levels of the person, serving the patient and family by employing short-term counseling methods particularly in times of spiritual distress brought on by life threatening or life altering medical diagnoses, procedures or events.

PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1.       *Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.

2.      *Effectively provides crisis and trauma intervention pastoral care services to patients and their families.

3.       *Responds to Code Blues and Code Trauma calls per facility procedures when present.

4.      *Facilitates communication and acts as a liaison between hospital staff and family or friends of patients during periods of crisis, such as death or critical illness.

5.       *Participates in the Chaplain's on-call schedule as assigned.

6.      *Maintains documentation of pastoral care functions in patient medical records.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Master's of Divinity or equivalent required.  One quarter of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) under a supervisor approved by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or Canadian Association of Pastoral Education (CAPE) preferred.  Minimum of two (2) years ministry experience required.  Ordination, endorsement or licensure from a recognized faith group preferred.

OTHER CREDENTIALS / CERTIFICATIONS:

None