Advanced Chaplain Practitioner

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities.

Job Description

Summary: The Advanced Chaplain Practitioner is a chaplain with a specialty clinical focus. They work as a subject matter expert in spiritual care in clinical settings. The role is a clinical lead in improving the provision of spiritual care through research, education, and practice as it pertains to their specialty.

Responsibilities

And Duties: Patient Focus 1. 35% - Assesses spiritual needs/concerns of patients and their families using clinical pastoral conversation and specialty-focused assessment instruments. Communicates and documents patient responses to determine the effectiveness and congruence with plan of care. Improves patient experience and care plan compliance through appropriate, evidence-informed strategies of pastoral conversation regarding emotional pain, injury adjustment, chronic illness, life-threatening or serious illnesses, dimensions of grief, end of life concerns, and religious knowledgebase. 2.

15% - Advanced practice skill set includes the ability to review the medical record including health history, history of chief complaint. Is familiar with basic medical terminology and treatment strategies common to assigned patient population. 3. 10% - Provides appropriate religious/spiritual rituals, non-pharmacological interventions to patients, families, and interprofessional team. Acts as a liaison with the patient's faith group/leaders including other community or cultural resources. 4. 10% - Demonstrates capacity to lead patient care conferences, interprofessional team meetings, department quality improvement initiatives, policy review, and research projects.

Acts as a consultant to physicians, nurses, and other members of the interprofessional team. 5. 10% - Demonstrates an advanced knowledge base regarding medical ethics and legal issues including advance care planning, organ donation, futility of treatment, and patient rights. Acts as a primary contact for ethics concerns and formal consultations. 6. 10% - Advanced practice skill set includes the ability to provide care in diverse acute/non-acute settings including but not limited to hospital, outpatient areas, extended care facilities, and homes. 7. 10% - Advanced practice skill set includes education and teaching.

Participates in system clinical pastoral education program as a mentor, preceptor, and didactic instructor. Offers in-service education to the interprofessional team. The major duties, responsibilities and listed above are not intended to be all-inclusive of the duties, responsibilities and to be performed by employees in this job. Employee is expected to all perform other duties as…

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