Ordained Chaplain | PRN

Avera St Lukes Hospital

Worker Type:

PRN

Work Shift:

As Needed (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$24.00 $36.50

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Accountable to minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of the patient/family/residents and staff. This role is responsible for collaborating with peers fellow employees and leaders using theological and clinical training to help patients families and staff members cope with illness trauma death and loss more effectively. The Chaplain will assess the patients spiritual practices/values and assist in accommodating and integrating these values into the patients medical plan of care and communicates the spiritual assessment results as needed to the patients interdisciplinary health care team while maintaining an atmosphere of Christian patient centered care at Avera.

What you will do

• Work with patients/families to understand implications of the suggested medical treatment plan in the framework of their spiritual beliefs to work through difficult issues and to support the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Available to consult and debrief with Avera departments groups and individual staff members in the event of unexpected or unsettling events. Communicate with the interdisciplinary health care team and obtain pertinent information regarding the patients condition family dynamics and the health care teams understanding of the need for spiritual care.
• Plan facilitate coordinate and deliver pastoral and spiritual care to patients families and staff who are formally consulted who may be referred as part of the interdisciplinary team the patients/familys request or through general rounding throughout the Avera facilities. Explore with the patient and family belief and meaning in illness and crisis situations respecting the goals desires and choices of each person.
• Gather and evaluate relevant data pertinent to the patients situation and/or bio psychosocialspiritual/religious health. Assessment and reassessment are fundamental parts of the Chaplains duties assisting other team members in the development of the patients plan of care.
• Assist patients/families/staff in times of crisis bereavement and important end of life questions and decisions. This will include addressing patients and families in distress.
• Provide encouragement and support during illness empowering patients to embrace their spiritual/religious strengths and inner resources for healing.
• Proficient in planning facilitating coordinating and delivering leadership of spirituality groups ecumenical devotional services family conferences public prayers at Avera meetings including but not limited to dedications and remembrance services.
• Serve as a liaison to Catholic Chaplains to assist in facilitating and coordinating Sacramental Roman Catholic Ministry needs and requests. Serve as a liaison to community clergy; contacting them for specific family/patient needs or requests. Be a public relations advocate and may invite community clergy to visit their parishioners as appropriate within McKennan policies and guidelines.
• Document information in the electronic record that is relevant to the patients medical psychosocial and spiritual/religious goals. The documentation recognizes regulatory guidelines regarding confidentiality while providing the interdisciplinary team with information about relevant spiritual needs and concerns that impact the patients care and disposition.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• Clinical Pastoral Education 2 Units Association of Pastoral Education and/or 13 years ministry experience and/or a degree in ministry may suffice for this requirement. Upon Hire
• Ordination Issued by Church Licensed Pastor/Ordained Minister. Upon Hire
• Good standing in the church denomination and/or religious order through ecclesiastical endorsement.

Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• Bachelors in Theology Religious Studies or related field.
• Masters in Theology Religious Studies or related field.
• Association of Professional Chaplains (Board Certified Chaplain) Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc. Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) Upon Hire
• 13 years of pastoral experience in a healthcare institution

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
• Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
• Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .