Associate Chaplain - Spiritual Health & Education

Under the supervision of the 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 service line or patient area. 
• 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. 

• Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies or other related field. 
• Successful completion of ACPE Internship and/or Residency. 
• One (1) unit of CPE completed. 
• Six (6) months of experience working in a professional and/or clinical environment.