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Responsibilities

+ Provides pastoral/spiritual care to patients, loved ones, and staff.

+ Completes spiritual assessments and communicates with other care team members. Provides clinical documentation as required.

+ Responds to and initiates routine and emergency referrals in a timely manner.

+ Coordinates with the local religious community to ensure the patient’s/loved ones spiritual and/or sacramental needs are being met.

+ Coordinates spiritual/pastoral ministry and bereavement care for those approaching end of life and at death.

+ Provides blessing/ritual/prayer for pastoral support upon request.

+ Educates and assists patients with respect to Advance Directives as needed.

The primary role of the PRN Chaplain Associate is to support our on-call ministry needs. Minimum participation requires:

-At least one overnight, on-call shift weekly-At least some routine participation in weekend ministry needs-At least some participation in holiday on-call coverage-On-call chaplains support the ministry needs of Lakeside and Midlands simultaneously. -In addition to New Employee Orientation, new hires are expected to engage in in-person onboarding experiences

like orientation to the ministry, the facilities, and SafetyFirst training

Qualifications

Required:

-Pastoral ministry in an institutional setting.

-Ability to relate well with employees at all levels of the organization.

-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

-Practices excellent active listening skills.

-Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.

-Accepting and understanding of diverse religious beliefs and practices.

-Ability to deal with crisis situations and periodic exposure to secondary traumatic stress.

-Ability to function as a member of pastoral care and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

-Proficiency of communication and information technology which includes basic computer and word processing skills, email, and use of the internet.

Preferred:

-Master’s degree or equivalency in theology, behavioral science, ministry or related field.

-One to three years of pastoral ministry or related experience under institutional supervision.

-Completion of one or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)

-Bilingual

Overview

CHI Health Lakeside is West Omahas only full-service hospital. We believe that patient-focused care heals the body mind and spirit of every person. Our campus is designed for patients and sets the tone for a comfortable less stressful hospital stay. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world we provide a full range of services including: maternity cancer and surgery care as well as diagnostics and emergency services.

Pay Range

$19.68 - $27.06 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.