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WI-Monroe Clinic Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

+ **_Master's degree in Theology, Pastoral Care or related field, advanced certification required_**

+ **_Two years' pastoral experience_**

+ **_Four Units of CPE ( Clinical Pastoral Education)_**

+ **_Minimum of five years experience_**

+ **_Experience in Clinical ethics preferred_**

+ **_The position Co-Leads ethics committee with fellow lead chaplains_**

Job Summary:

Provides supervision and guidance to staff for pastoral care services. Creates schedules and delegates work assignments to staff. Exercises limited authority in determining the strategies, work plans, initiatives and effectively manages operational performance. Recruits, engages, develops, leads and manages staff.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Promotes and supports the integration of spirituality and healing in the workplace.

+ Visits patients through rounding and referrals, upon request, with follow up and assistance through listening, guidance, praying, and understanding to address their spiritual needs.

+ Accurately and appropriately documents patient visits in the patient medical record.

+ Maintains a volunteer chaplain program through an active recruitment process, meeting orientation requirements for hospital volunteers and departmental requirements for pastoral care and retraining as required, while meeting departmental standards and goals.

+ Ministers to staff, visitors, and volunteers through competent pastoral guidance.

+ Plans and provides meaningful chapel services for patents, families, and personnel. Informs Catholic priest liaison of sacramental needs, as well as collaborating for meaningful ecumenical chapel services.

+ Develops and provides various spiritual educational programs for patients, employees, families, or community services and participates in the new employee orientation.

+ Maintains and enhances professional skills by keeping abreast of current pastoral care issues through reading, keeping in contact with corporate mission integration, and attending approved educational programs, including attending annual training and completing on-line training requirements.

+ Serves as a leader of the mission awareness team, serving to instill the mission throughout the organization.

+ Serves as chair of the ethics committee, providing educational opportunities for the committee and staff on topics related to ethics, and serves as an advocate for ethical policy and workplace environment.

+ Ensures that pastoral/spiritual care services are provided in accord with Part Two: _The Pastoral and Spiritual Responsibility of Catholic Health Care_ of the _Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services_ .

+ Responsible for management functions including budgeting and activities related to staffing such as recruitment, hiring, performance evaluation, and compensation determination.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ Master's degree in Theology, Pastoral Care or related field, advanced certification required

EXPERIENCE

+ Two years' pastoral experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

+ N/A

Department:

8471000028 Spiritual Care

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

+ **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

+ **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

+ **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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