Associate Chaplain - Spiritual Health & Education

Tampa General Hospital
  • Tampa, FL
  • Autofill and Review
19 days ago

Job Description

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Under the supervision of the Clinical Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Associate Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members. Uses, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources. Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

  • Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
  • Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
  • Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient's condition.
  • Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units. Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
  • Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e. Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
  • Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
  • Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned clinical units.
  • Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
  • Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
  • Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
  • Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
  • Successful completion of assigned Professional Development Courses.
  • Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.
  • Assists with the new team member orientation and training of both staff and student learners

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Under the supervision of the Clinical Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Associate Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members. Uses, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources. Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

  • Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
  • Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
  • Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient's condition.
  • Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units. Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
  • Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e. Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
  • Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
  • Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned clinical units.
  • Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
  • Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
  • Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
  • Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
  • Successful completion of assigned Professional Development Courses.
  • Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.
  • Assists with the new team member orientation and training of both staff and student learners

'',''!*!

Education Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree Religious Studies
  • Bachelor's Degree Divinity
  • Bachelor's Degree Theology
  • Bachelor's Degree Related Field

Experience Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of ACPE Internship and ACPE Residency
  • At least one year of experience working in a professional and/or clinical environment.

Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrates current knowledge and level of expertise to provide spiritual care to a variety of people, inclusive of multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity, social conditions, systems and family issues.
  • Demonstrates a range of spiritual care skills including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
  • Communication skills necessary to counsel patients, families and team members.
  • Ability to be self-supervising and self-motivated.
  • Able to integrate knowledge of behavioral science, theology and pastoral identity into spiritual care function.

'',''!*!

Education Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree Religious Studies
  • Bachelor's Degree Divinity
  • Bachelor's Degree Theology
  • Bachelor's Degree Related Field

Experience Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of ACPE Internship and ACPE Residency
  • At least one year of experience working in a professional and/or clinical environment.

Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrates current knowledge and level of expertise to provide spiritual care to a variety of people, inclusive of multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity, social conditions, systems and family issues.
  • Demonstrates a range of spiritual care skills including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
  • Communication skills necessary to counsel patients, families and team members.
  • Ability to be self-supervising and self-motivated.
  • Able to integrate knowledge of behavioral science, theology and pastoral identity into spiritual care function.

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TGH Main Campus (TGHMAIN)

1 Tampa General Circle

Tampa, 33601

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Numbers & Facts

LocationTampa, FL

Skills

  • Code Blueunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Conflict Resolutionunmatched
  • Crisis Interventionunmatched
  • Crisis Managementunmatched
  • Critical Careunmatched
  • Diversityunmatched
  • Educational Administrationunmatched
  • Health Educationunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • Hospitalunmatched
  • Nursingunmatched
  • Patient Assessmentunmatched
  • Patient Educationunmatched
  • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
  • Religious Studiesunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched

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