Job Description
Overview:
Hospital Chaplain
UnityPoint Health- Fort Dodge
PRN/As Needed
Why UnityPoint Health??
- Commitment to our Team Weve been named a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Beckers Healthcare for our commitment to our team members. ?
- Culture At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve. ?
- Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in. ?
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. ?
- Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience. ?
- Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve. ?
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Visit us at UnityPoint.org/careers to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work. ?
Responsibilities:
- Visits with patients and families in order to provide spiritual assessments, emotional/spiritual support and crisis intervention services.
- Works with care coordinators/hospital staff in response to patients spiritual care needs.
- Serves as a resource to the management team.
- Provides appropriate grief ministry services as needed.
- Provides for liturgical ministry and presides at worship services as appropriate.
- Participates in appropriate TRMC in-service and orientation programs.
- Participates in appropriate community education programs.
- Participates in community organizations as appropriate and provides community relations services when available and deemed appropriate to role.
- Develops and maintains good relationships with area clergy, churches and religious institutions to enhance care and communication to support patients/families during treatment.
- Demonstrates initiative in seeking out learning experiences and educational opportunities.
- Assists dying patients, helps to preserve dignity and carry out the patients desires as assessed through empathy with the patients needs.
- Displays professionalism and adheres to hospital policies.
- Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
- Works with the Coordinator of Pastoral Care to provide consistent on-call coverage for the hospital community.
- Responds to codes and trauma alerts as arranged through duty assignment during routine work hours and when on call
Qualifications:
Education:
- College graduate. Seminary or equivalent theological/ministerial education.
- 4 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) preferred
Experience:
- Minimum of one year of healthcare experience preferred.
License(s)/Certification(s):
- Valid drivers license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons Certification by a professional chaplaincy organization within two years of hire.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to function effectively within team environment.
- Ability to exercise good judgment, maintain interpersonal relationships, adapt to change, evaluate critically and think creatively and be able to organize and plan effectively.
- Able to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
- Ability to maintain documentation of services provided.
- Must demonstrate knowledge and skills to respond to spiritual needs of patients, families and employees.
UnityPoint Health
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