Staff Chaplain
Qualifications
- Board Certified (or Provisional Board Certified) by and in good standing with APC, NAJC, or NACC
- Ordination and endorsement by faith group
- Graduate level theological degree from CHEA-member accredited school
- 4 Units ACPE accredited CPE
- Chaplain/hospital experience
- Ability to articulate spiritual assessments of pts./families; and interest in, and knowledge of, spiritual concerns and practices
- Skill in pastoral counseling for bereaved and grieving persons
- Ability to respond sensitively to persons and situations such as patients, families, staff, religious leaders, and others
- Skill in speaking with persons of various religious, social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds so as to respond to persons in a caring compassionate way
- Ability to function collegially in an interfaith and multicultural environment
- Ability to be with very ill patients and distraught families
- Ability to function in a role that continually confronts ambiguity. (Often patients and families are unclear or in conflict about goals; or sometimes patient’s goals differ from family goals.)
- Cross cultural sensitivity, skill, and knowledge
- Ability to interact diplomatically with the public
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative and cooperative working relationships with staff members, managers, volunteers, administrators, patients, and families
- Ability to function well in crisis
- Foreign language abilities greatly desired
- Ability to articulate and communicate spiritual/religious and emotional needs of patients to staff and to other spiritual/pastoral care givers
- Openness and interest in learning new skills and abilities in hospital ministry
- Ability and skill to engage in spiritual/pastoral care to persons of any faith background
- Flexibility, genuineness, sensitivity, and willingness to assist in other areas of spiritual/pastoral care duties
- Knowledge of medical practices and ethical issues
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Seniority level
Entry level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Other -
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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