Chaplain On-CallPer-Diem Day Shift
Chaplain On-CallPer-Diem Day Shift
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Job Description
Reporting to one of our department Supervisors or Managers this position provides spiritual support to patients their loved ones and staff in our hospitals. This perdiem chaplain will provide shift coverage in our hospitals in downtown Los Angeles Whittier and Downey that will routinely include weekend hours as well as some holidays as needed. This chaplain serves people of all belief systems (religious and nonreligious) and provides or arranges special rites and rituals as requested by patients and/or surrogates.
PIH Health is a nonprofit regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital PIH Health Whittier Hospital 37 outpatient medical office buildings a multispecialty medical (physician) group home healthcare services and hospice care as well as heart cancer digestive health orthopedics womens health urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nations top hospital systems for best practices cuttingedge advancements quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information visit PIHHealth or follow us on Facebook Twitter or Instagram.
Required Skills
- Knowledge of common spiritual psychosocial psychological and bioethical issues related to illness hospitalization palliative care hospice grief/bereavement death and dying including assessing needs quickly in complex situations and ability intervene appropriately to address spiritual distress.
- Excellent interpersonal and pastoral counseling skills with demonstrated success quickly building rapport trust and credibility with patients/families as well as collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Exemplary personalresponsibility and followthough as demonstrated in prior roles requiring frequent selfdirection effective time management and appropriate boundary maintenance in both inpatient and outpatient contexts.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in English both verbally and in writing.
- Experience in public speaking/prayers leading religious services and designing and delivering training events and education programs
- Competency with electronic medical documentation software as well as computer software such as Microsoft Office.
Employment Type
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