Chaplain Resident BWH
Chaplain Resident BWH
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Job Description
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
- Provides professional care to patients guests and hospital staff.- Responds to referrals and rounds on assigned patient units.
- Provides rituals and sacramental care as appropriate and in accordance with departmental and denominational policies.
- Shares in planning and leadership of chapel services.
- Participates in special services offered through Spiritual Care in collaboration with team members and hospital staff.
- Consults with other healthcare professionals in order to enhance patient care including participation in interdisciplinary meetings.
- Charts visits in the electronic medical record.
- Provides educational in-services seminars and programs for staff as appropriate.
- Works to increase the visibility and quality of Spiritual Care within the hospital community.
- Participates in on-call rotations of nights and weekends and is available on an as-needed basis for emergencies.
- Functions as a member of the Spiritual Care team and maintains a close working relationship with all members of the department.
- Actively contributes to Clinical Pastoral Education Program activities including seminars verbatim presentations peer group and individual supervision.
- Performs other duties as required assigned or negotiated.
Qualifications
Education:Baccalaureate degree (B.A. or B.S.) or international equivalent required.
One or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education required.
Graduate degree from an accredited seminary or theological school or commensurate tradition-specific training preferred.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Professional: Excellent interpersonal skills. Knowledgeable about spiritual care with persons of diverse religious socioeconomic ethnic racial educational and cultural backgrounds. Ability to work well as a member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to access varied experiences and interpretations of spirituality behavioral sciences and relationality to provide comprehensive care to others. Familiarity with and application of clinical ethical decision-making. Regularly seeks consultation to provide the best standard of care. Good organizational and computer skills.
Personal:Commitment to reflective practice. Compassion for the hospitalized and their loved ones/companions. Maturity and ability to function under intensive conditions. Resourcefulness and cooperativeness in relationship with others. Commitment to personal and professional growth.
Physical: Chaplain residents frequently need to move throughout the hospital to attend to patients guests and staff and respond to emergencies and consult requests. They need to communicate texts and rituals use the hospitals secure messaging system and document their visits electronically using a computer. While serving required on-call in-hospital overnight shifts chaplains need to respond to emergent calls and codes at any time of the shift. In the educational and clinical settings they need to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.
Please be in contact with the chaplain educator to discuss appropriate accommodations for any of these duties before the start of the unit.
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EEO Statement:
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Employment Type
Full-Time
