Palliative Care Spiritual Care Provider

The Harborview Medical Center Spiritual Care Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Palliative Care Spiritual Care Provider.

WORK SCHEDULE

Full-Time / 30 hours per week

Rotating/Variable Shift

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Department of Spiritual Care is to provide high quality cross-culturally sensitive spiritual care to patients families and staff of Harborview Medical Center as well as to provide a program of pastoral education to clergy theological students and qualified lay persons in the hospital and the larger community which the Medical Center serves.

The vision of the Department of Spiritual Care is to offer patients families students and staff the opportunity to embrace the spiritual component of health illness and death. With empathy and compassion we are called to be a tangible spiritual caring presence and/or a representation of Gods/Spirits love hope and forgiveness. We recognize diversity of cultures and spiritual needs by the multi-faith nature of our ministry and by our partnerships with many cultural and spiritual traditions. Drawing on the resources of the greater faith community we foster a supportive learning environment to better serve those in need.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• As a member of the Harborview Spiritual Care team this Spiritual Care Provider will provide direct patient care with a particular focus on Palliative Care approximately 75% of the time.

• The position will include some teaching on topics related to spiritual care and palliative care in the context of Clinical Pastoral Education Nursing Education and Medicine

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide direct spiritual care to inpatients responding to referrals for spiritual care consultation documenting spiritual assessments and contributing to the interdisciplinary plan of care.

• Work closely and collaboratively with Spiritual Care colleagues particularly the on-call spiritual care provider for allocation of duties and timely communication in spiritual care log to ensure continuity of care.

• Serve as an essential member of the Palliative Care interdisciplinary team consulting with colleagues and contributing to their overall plan of care.

• Respect the trust involved in the educator-student relationship. If a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) student requests post-visit consultation or begins processing about a specific issue/concern related to their professional education and/or interpersonal learning refrain from engaging such conversation and direct the student to their ACPE educator.

• Serve as on-call spiritual care provider as needed including on scheduled holidays.

• Participate in orientation and didactic seminars for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) students in the Harborview Medical Center (HMC) CPE program.

Strong candidates will have:

• Four or more units of CPE from an accredited CPE center

• Provisional or Full Board Certification with the APC NACC or NAJC

• Experience as a healthcare chaplain with experience in hospice or palliative care preferred

• Experience in a trauma center and/or academic healthcare organization

• Experience in working effectively and collaboratively as part of a healthcare team

• Experience providing spiritual care with a diverse community including use of interpreters

• Experience in mentoring/teaching Clinical Pastoral Education students

• Advanced training or certificate in Palliative Care

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters of Divinity (.) or Masters degree in theological/pastoral studies from an institution accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation ()

• Two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an accredited CPE center

• Goal to pursue Full Board Certification with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) or Nashama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)

• Two to three years professional work experience on a team and/or work experience as a palliative care team member

ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER

As the regions only Level I Trauma and verified burn center Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis including emergency medicine trauma and burn care neurosciences ophthalmology vascular surgery HIV/AIDS rehabilitation mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community as well as the entire Northwest region.

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ABOUT UW MEDICINE WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER

UW Medicine is Washingtons only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicines mission is to improve the health of the publicby advancing medical knowledge providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region and preparing tomorrows physicians scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful welcoming environment where every patient family student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29000 healthcare professionals researchers and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center UW Medical Center - Montlake UW Medical Center - Northwest Valley Medical Center UW Medicine Primary Care UW Physicians UW School of Medicine and Airlift Northwest.

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