What are the responsibilities and job description for the CHAPLAIN position at Moffitt Cancer Center?
Summary
Position Highlights:
Position Highlights:
- To provide spiritual care to patients, families, visitors and staff, regardless of faith tradition or lack thereof.
- To be a resource and liaison for local clergy, community faith groups and community civic groups.
- To implement all aspects of chaplaincy care and education at Moffitt Cancer Center, Moffitt at International Plaza, McKinley and other Moffitt locations not named.
- To work collaboratively with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- To communicate accurately, clearly and in a timely manner, both verbally and in written materials.
- To enter electronic documentation of all patient interactions into the electronic health record.
- To record daily work into the Pastoral Care Activity Reporting System (PCARS).
- To perform duties of on-call after hours, on weekends and holidays when scheduled.
- The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Four (4) or more units of CPE
- Ordination or equivalent from faith group;
- Master’s Degree in Theology (Divinity)
- 2 or more years’ experience in a setting such as, but not limited to, hospital, hospice, long-term care facility; religious institution, center of worship
- Provide Spiritual Assessment and counseling to patients, families and staff..
- Support patients' rights by considering psychosocial, spiritual and cultural variables influencing perceptions of illness.
- Triage requests for the priest and contact the priest in emergency situations; make referrals to the priest for non-emergencies..
- Provide grief de-briefing and similar de-briefing for individuals and/or groups as appropriate; collaborate with Human Resources to provide support for staff in tragic situations involving staff and/or patients.
- Enter daily statistics into Pastoral Care Activity Accounting System(PCARS) and participate in Quality Improvement(QI) activities in the Department of Chaplaincy Care
- Assist patients, family members and staff with Advance Care Planning and communicate patients' wishes to the interdisciplinary team.
- Master’s Degree in Theology (Divinity)
- Minimum four (4) unit of CPE
- A current/active ordination, endorsement, or validation for ministry from a faith group.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a setting such as, but not limited to, hospital, hospice, long-term care facility; religious institution, center of worship
- Must complete Board-Certified Chaplain (BCC) within 3 years of hire, or upon transfer into FT/PT status, from one of the following professional organizations: Association of Professional Chaplains (APC); National Association for Catholic Chaplains (NACC); or National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC).
- Evidence of understanding of diverse populations