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Overview

The Chaplain, under the direction of the Chaplain Manager, provides support to patients and families from all spiritual, religious and humanistic paths, as well as FMC staff. S/he may provide services to pediatric, adolescent, adults, geriatric patients, and their families.This position's primary work location is Onsite.

ResponsibilitiesSpiritual Care

• Provides a calming and supportive presence at all times.
• Present with patients, patients' family, and caregivers during the end of life situations.
• Assesses patients/families for spiritual care needs matching needs with spiritual care and appropriate support.
• Provides supportive spiritual care to people facing a personal crisis (death of a child, suicide, drug overdose, mental health issues, drug and alcohol dependency, serious illness and acute trauma) to patients, families, and staff.
• Provides spiritual care assessment and support, as a member of the Palliative Care Team.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams for patient/family support and service recovery.
• Trains and supports relief Chaplains, Chaplain Assistants, Native Healer and volunteers.
• Serves as Chaplain Services team member; collaborates and shares information to enhance patient care.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide appropriate spiritual care to all people.
• Shares on-call and holiday coverage.

 Palliative Care Team

• Attend Palliative Care rounds and meetings.
• Documents in EMR to provide information that addresses patient and family spiritual care issues to assist Palliative Care team in providing comprehensive supportive care.
• Provides sacramental support upon request.

 Operations

• Attends mandatory Chaplain Service quarterly meetings.
• Participates in team meetings, ongoing training and collaboration and process improvement.
• Participates as an interdisciplinary team member, integrates goals and insights from the team, identifies spiritual care plan and goals, and documents and maintains shared resources.

 Compliance/Safety

• Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
• If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.
• Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.

QualificationsEduction

• High School Diploma or GED- Required
• Graduate theological, divinity, or pastoral care degree seminary or university accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)- Preferred

 Certification & Licensures

• Ministerial Standing, oversight or equivalent with recognized ecclesiastical body (National Conference on Ministry to Armed Forces or by the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches)- Preferred

 Experience

• Minimum 3 years' experience providing spiritual care to people of many different faiths and secular values - Required
• Experience providing spiritual care in hospital setting to people from a variety of faith, cultural and socially diverse backgrounds  - Strongly preferred
• Formalized spiritual or pastoral care training provided by faith community or ecclesiastical body - Required
• Spiritual care education, experience and or training directly related to issues of death and dying - Required
• Conversational in Spanish or Navajo, Sign Language or second language - Preferred

Healthcare is a rapidly changing environment and technology is integrated into almost all aspects of patient care. Computers and other electronic devices are utilized across the organization and throughout each department. Colleagues must have an understanding of computers, and competence in using computers and basic software programs.Education:High School Diploma/GEDEmployment Type: OTHER