What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chaplain Associate position at CHI Health Saint Elizabeth?
Job Summary and Responsibilities
Job Requirements
Required:
Preferred:
Where You'll Work
CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women’s health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience.
Pay Range
$20.86 - $29.46 /hour
- Provides pastoral/spiritual care to patients, loved ones, and staff.
- Completes spiritual assessments and communicates with other care team members. Provides clinical documentation as required.
- Responds to and initiates routine and emergency referrals in a timely manner.
- Coordinates with the local religious community to ensure the patient’s/loved ones spiritual and/or sacramental needs are being met.
- Coordinates spiritual/pastoral ministry and bereavement care for those approaching end of life and at death.
- Provides blessing/ritual/prayer for pastoral support upon request.
- Educates and assists patients with respect to Advance Directives as needed.
Job Requirements
Required:
- Pastoral ministry in an institutional setting.
- Ability to relate well with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Practices excellent active listening skills.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.
- Accepting and understanding of diverse religious beliefs and practices.
- Ability to deal with crisis situations and periodic exposure to secondary traumatic stress.
- Ability to function as a member of pastoral care and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Proficiency of communication and information technology which includes basic computer and word processing skills, email, and use of the internet.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree or equivalency in theology, behavioral science, ministry or related field.
- One to three years of pastoral ministry or related experience under institutional supervision.
- Completion of one or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
- Bilingual
Where You'll Work
CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women’s health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience.
Pay Range
$20.86 - $29.46 /hour
Salary : $21 - $29