Chaplain

The spiritual care chaplain provides the pastoral needs on the spiritual care team for all patients, patient family members, their support persons, and staff. Such ministry generally will encompass all of the following: emotional and spiritual support, counseling, ministry of presence, worship, prayer, and other religious resources as appropriate. The chaplain will attend to religious, spiritual, moral, and ethical problems of the newly admitted, critically ill, extended, hospice, and palliative care patients and their families. Spiritual support and care will also be provided to staff on a secondary level as needed.

Essential Functions

• Provides spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families and staff. Facilitates their spiritual understanding, emotional coping and adjustment in the face of illness, injury or death.
• Identifies and engages additional spiritual providers and resources, either within or beyond our organization, when this is requested and beneficial. Does so in a culturally competent manner.
• Documents clearly her/his interactions with patients and families--including assessments and plans--in a manner which is useful to departmental and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Collaborates closely with departmental colleagues in providing seamless spiritual care by receiving referrals, making following-up visits and providing hand-off reports. Participates in schedules with a flexibility that helps the team provide continuous coverage.
• Integrates her/his professional practice and style into assigned interdisciplinary healthcare teams in ways that enhance their overall efforts to provide excellent, whole-person care.
• Prioritizes emergent (sometimes concurrent) referrals while not losing sight of certain regular duties. Manages time well across successive shifts which can vary widely in their demands.
• Maintains and applies a working knowledge of medical ethics. Recognizes when ethical principles could or do conflict in actual cases. Recognizes moral distress in care givers. Knows how to initiate an ethics consultation.
• Able to facilitate advance care planning conversations and decision-making.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree by an accredited postsecondary institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
• Vocational/Technical - Satisfactory completion of one (1) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) rewarded from an approved CPE provider (ex. ACPE, CPEI, CPSP, ICPT)

Preferred

• Master's Degree from a CHEA accredited institution in a content area or major relevant to chaplaincy (ex. Pastoral ministry, divinity, religious studies, psychology, counseling, etc)
• Vocational/Technical - Satisfactory completion of four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) rewarded from an approved CPE provider (ex. ACPE, CPEI, CPSP, ICPT)
• 2 years of relevant experience providing spiritual care in a hospital, agency or congregation
• CRT-Chaplain Board Certification - Association of Profession Chaplains Association of Profession Chaplains 2 Yrs preferred Or
• CRT-Chaplain Board Certification - Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains 2 Yrs preferred Or
• CRT-Chaplain Board Certification - National Association of Catholic Chaplains National Association of Catholic Chaplains 2 Yrs preferred Or
• CRT-Chaplain Board Certification - Canadian Association for Spiritual Care Canadian Association for Spiritual Care 2 Yrs preferred Or
• CRT-At least one Certification from preferred list - CRT Chaplain Board Certification - Spiritual Care Association 2 Yrs preferred

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

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• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

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