Chaplain Associate Per diem
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Job Location:
Brighton, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
POSITION SUMMARY
The interfaith chaplain will serve on an intermittent schedule in the Spiritual Care department. The ideal candidate will have a flexible schedule and be able to work both in-hospital day shifts as well as on-call shifts at night from home. Interfaith chaplains support the diversity of religious and spiritual practices of the Boston Medical Center - Brightons patients family members staff and community members.
BMC Brighton is a 300 bed acute care hospital that includes 38 ICU beds a level III NICU two units of inpatient behavioral health an SUD treatment unit and a variety of medical and surgical specialties. Part of the Boston Medical Center system the Brighton campus serves those who live in the Allston-Brighton area as well as from the broader eastern Massachusetts region. Our community includes patients from a wide diversity of ethnicities socieo-economic statuses and spiritual traditions.
Position: Chaplain Associate
Department: Spiritual Care Services
Schedule: Part Time
Location: BMC Brighton Brighton MA
*Onsite only
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Actively rounding and assessing patients on assigned units while providing appropriate psycho-social-spiritual support as well as follow-up if needed
- Working collaboratively with other members of the Spiritual Care department to provide religion-specific interventions for patients families staff and community members
- Contacting outside clergy and religious communities to support patients and families as needed
- Collaborate with the broader team of providers nursing social work case managers and palliative care to provide holistic care for patients and families
- Charting patient and family interactions within the electronic medical record (Epic)
- Covering the on-call pager from within the hospital (day) or from home (night) as scheduled
- Leading spirituality groups on behavioral health units as assigned
- Mentoring graduate practicum students working in the department and overseeing spiritual care volunteers as needed
- Supporting scheduled services for the hospital population (e.g. memorials for staff bereavement services for families) as well as for specific religious observances (e.g. Catholic mass Passover Ramadan) as requested
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 40 hrs of work towards a graduate degree in Theology/Religion/Philosophy; preference for a completed masters degree
- Minimum of 1 units of CPE accredited by ACPE; preference 4 units
- Must have endorsement or be a member in good standing of a recognized religious body or authority ordination is not required
- Ability to cover on-call regularly from outside the hospital requires arriving at hospital within 30-45 minutes (minus traffic) of call
- Ability to work independently and to make decisions based on established policies and procedures.
- Ability to support a wide range of religious and spiritual traditions including Catholic Evangelical Christian Jewish Muslim Buddhist Hindu non-theistic spiritual but not religious nones; preference for deeper experience with Jewish and/or Muslim spiritual care
- Preference for interfaith chaplains who speak Spanish Haitian Creole Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian or Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin)
Compensation Range:
$0.00- $0.00This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education experience skills and certifications/licensures as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs internal equity and addition BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes but is not limited to benefits (medical dental vision pharmacy) discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases Flexible Spending Accounts 403(b) savings matches paid time off career advancement opportunities and resources to support employee and family well-being.
NOTE: This range is based on Boston-area data and is subject to modification based on geographic location.
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About Company
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a private, not-for-profit, 514-bed, academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. BMC emphasizes community-based care, with its mission to provide ... View more
