Chaplain
Job Location:
London, KY - USA
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Job Summary
Welcome to Saint Joseph London a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).
CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health a non-profit Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175000 team members and 25000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.
Every day you will provide direct spiritual religious and existential care offering compassionate presence support and appropriate rituals to patients families and staff especially during times of crisis or grief. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.
To be successful in this role you must be a highly compassionate individual comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional panicked stressed or in pain. Youll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care adapt to diverse spiritual needs and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Works collaboratively with members of the spiritual care department to build a cohesive spiritually grounded and mutually formative team; covers on-call and holiday shifts as scheduled based on department need
- Establishes mutually respectful working relationships with staff and physicians from a variety of departments
- Gathers and evaluates relevant information pertinent to the holistic care of patients and their families
- Develops and implements spiritual care plans to promote the well-being of patients including but not limited to crisis intervention spiritual care and counseling assistance with religious/spiritual rituals
- Provides spiritual care and counseling for patients and their families in response to referrals and through proactive rounding
- Documents assessments and interventions in the Electronic Medical Record
- Masters Other n Divinity Theology or related field and 2080 hours experience in clinical chaplaincy upon hire and
- Minimum of four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from a program accredited by ACPE or USCCB/CCA upon hire
- Board Certified Chaplain APC upon hire or
- Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education upon hire or
- Board Certified Chaplain BCC upon hire or
- Catholic Chaplain upon hire
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