Chaplain - Mercyhealth

Experience a rewarding and fulfilling career with Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

• Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
• Teamwork toward our common goal – providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
• An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

The Chaplain will provide spiritual care and counseling, sacramental functions, and resources to meet the spiritual, religious, emotional, and psychological needs of patients, families, and hospital employees. The Chaplain functions as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team in a patient-centered culture committed to providing …exceptional health care services, resulting in healing in the broadest sense. The Chaplain will engage others in their experience of the Sacred, being sensitive to a wide range of cultures and faiths, being respectful of spiritual or religious preferences. In a professional, competent, and informed manner, the Chaplain will affirm the dignity of each person and explore sources of strength and hope. The Chaplain understands the impact of illness and injury on spiritual well-being and seeks to remind others that persons function optimally when there is integration of body, mind, and spirit. Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Respond to pages or staff consults in a timely manner to triage situation
• Meet the needs of the injured, dying, and give support to visitors and staff
• Record each visit and document initial assessment
• Provide end of life support as requested
• Provide sacramental ministry as requested for patients, families, and staff members
• Utilize the resources of patient's local congregation/parish to assist in meeting the spiritual needs of the patient and their families, with the goal of enabling persons to utilize their own faith as a resource for health and healing.
• Available to debrief staff after a traumatic event
• To work as an effective member of the Mercyhealth Pastoral Care Team and multi-disciplinary teams in all matters

Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behavior expectations:

Quality - Follows policies and procedures; adapts to and manages changes in the environment; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness giving attention to details; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Manages time and prioritizes effectively to achieve organizational goals.

Service - Responds promptly to requests for service and assistance; Follows the Mercyhealth Critical Moments of service; Meets commitments; Abides by MH confidentiality and security agreement; Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; and effectively communicates information to partners; Thinks system wide regarding processes and functions.

Partnering - Shows commitment to the Mission of Mercyhealth and Culture of Excellence through all words and actions; Exhibits objectivity and openness to other's views; Demonstrates a high level of participation and engagement in day-to-day work; Gives and welcomes feedback; Generates suggestions for improving work: Embraces teamwork, supports and encourages positive change while giving value to individuals.

Cost - Conserves organization resources; Understands fiscal responsibility; Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; contributes to profits and revenue.

Education and Experience

Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree, its equivalent or higher, from an accredited school of theology
Completion of at least two (2) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) within a hospital setting

Skills and Abilities
Ability to effectively balance organization, ecclesiastical and clinical priorities
Excellent interpersonal/communication skills
Spiritual and emotional maturity to work with people of various communities, educational and cultural backgrounds
Understands and appreciates the cultural differences in the health care pastoral role versus that of a parish
Demonstrated ability to work well in high demand, high stress environment
Demonstrated ability to work well in a team setting
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Special Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, handle, finger, feel, reach, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, and kneel. This job requires close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Level of Supervision

This position would report directly to the lead chaplain who reports to VP.