Hospice Care

Provide a full ministry of pastoral care and spiritual support and counseling to patients, families, and staff in assigned areas within hospital, hospice, or community programs.

Work Performed

Level I:

• Provide immediate and long-term assessment of the spiritual situationand needs of the persons in the assigned areas.
• Will participate in on-call or after hour's coverage
• On referral and at the chaplain's initiative, provide pastoral care and counseling, to include the full range of sacraments and rituals of thereligious community.
• For persons of other faith perspectives who wish ministry from within their faith, identify and make referrals to appropriate and available clergy or religious leaders in the community.
• Provide support to hospital staff in the assigned areas through individual counseling and through structured group meetings.
• Participate in the assessment, education and resolution of medical ethical issues in the assigned areas.
• Develop the pastoral component in interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas.
• Develop a program of outreach to community clergy and religious leaders for the purpose of creating adjunct chaplaincy
• Provide adminis trative supervision for chaplain residents and internsassigned to this chaplain's area
• Conduct ongoing pastoral evaluation and pastoral research programs inassigned areas
• Conduct seminars with focus on specific pastoral care issues forchaplain residents and interns.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Level I:

• Skills in crisis intervention.Ability to provide ministry in high stress environment.
• Skills in pastoral assessment
• Physically capable of sustained work in high stress environment.
• Skills in supervising the clinical work of chaplain interns andr esidents

Level Characteristics

Level II:Development of administrative and mentoring skills for coordinating andadministering a pastoral care spiritual support ministry in a major component of the health system, to include participation in the training programs for chaplain interns and residents

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Master of Divinity or equivalent degree.

Level I: Completion of one year's residency in Clinical Pastoral Education.

Level II: Completion of a second year residency in Clinical Pastoral Education

Experience

Level I: Six months pastoral ministry, in church or institution. Level II: Three years of experience as a clinical chaplain

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Level I: Level II Board Certified or Board Eligible for certification as a"Board Certified Chaplain" by the Association of Professional Chaplains. Denominational Endorsement.

Clinical membership in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc (preferred)