CHRISTUS Health
Chaplain Non Certified I - Spiritual Care - PRN
CHRISTUS Health, San Marcos, Texas, us, 78667
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staffof more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual “Best of Hays” publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offera variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women’s services and more.
Summary Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.
Responsibilities
Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises
Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families
Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment
Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in the patient’s medical record
Participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned
Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care
Plans and facilitates worship services as needed
Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions
Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care
Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment
Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes
Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events
Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family
Introduces patient/family to the services of the spiritual care department
Contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family
Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crisis situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes
Provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed
Serves as an ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life-sustaining treatment
Serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns
Understands and adheres to the CHRISTUS Health associate covenant and code of ethics
Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and csrhs associates
Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served
Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.
Requirements
High school diploma or GED required
Master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality preferred (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification)
Completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education
Supervised experience within a clinical pastoral education program requiredIf not yet certified by one of the national certifying bodies (apc, nacc, or cpsp), must obtain certification within two years of hire
Must be endorsed by leader of their faith community
Work Schedule MULTIPLE SHIFTS AVAILABLE
Work Type Per Diem As Needed
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Summary Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.
Responsibilities
Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises
Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families
Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment
Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in the patient’s medical record
Participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned
Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care
Plans and facilitates worship services as needed
Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions
Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care
Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment
Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes
Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events
Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family
Introduces patient/family to the services of the spiritual care department
Contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family
Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crisis situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes
Provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed
Serves as an ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life-sustaining treatment
Serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns
Understands and adheres to the CHRISTUS Health associate covenant and code of ethics
Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and csrhs associates
Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served
Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.
Requirements
High school diploma or GED required
Master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality preferred (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification)
Completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education
Supervised experience within a clinical pastoral education program requiredIf not yet certified by one of the national certifying bodies (apc, nacc, or cpsp), must obtain certification within two years of hire
Must be endorsed by leader of their faith community
Work Schedule MULTIPLE SHIFTS AVAILABLE
Work Type Per Diem As Needed
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