What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chaplain position at Roper St. Francis Healthcare?
Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients, their families, visitors, and staff at assigned facility or home hospice. Work collaboratively with the Department of Pastoral Care staff and participates in department activities and events. Chaplains provide spiritual care and bereavement services to all patients served by Roper St. Francis Healthcare including Palliative Care, Home Hospice, and the Roper Hospice Cottage.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and Master of Divinity Degree or equivalent. If equivalency, a letter from APC (Association of Professional Chaplains) is required.
Experience: One year experience as a hospital or hospice chaplain, or one year experience in parish/church ministry.
Licensure/Certification: Certified (or eligible for certification) by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or the Association of Professional Chaplains is required. If not certified, certification must be maintained within 24 months in position.
Primary Source Verification: http://www.nacc.org/certification/employers.asp, http://www.professionalchaplains.org
Knowledge/Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Must be self-directed and able to work independently. Ability to identify and address spiritual and emotional issues. Ability to write accurate spiritual assessments. Ability to work collaboratively with other health care professionals. Minister to patients, their families, visitors, and hospital / hospice staff in assigned areas. Ability to navigate the complex spiritual issues of patients and families in Palliative Care as well as patients and families dealing with end-of-life issues. Ability to work in settings of diverse lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, values, and religious traditions.
Other: Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information. A warm personality, sensitive and compassionate to the spiritual and emotional needs of all.
Contacts: Ability to relate with physicians, administrative staff, hospital / hospice staff, patients, their families and visitors, community clergy in a professional, caring, compassionate manner.
