Chaplain - Part Time - Swedish Hospital

Works with full time staff and part time staff to provide 24-hour coverage 7-days a week for Pastoral Care.  Primary duties are to respond to crisis situations (pager requests/codes) to provide pastoral care. In addition, the part time chaplain attends to patient care needs through assigned patient visits.  The part time chaplain is to be supportive of and a resource to hospital staff, volunteers, and any clergy. The part time staff primarily work late afternoon/evening/overnight weekday on-call shifts and weekend on-call shifts as scheduled.

• Position: Chaplain
• Location: Swedish Hospital (Chicago, IL)
• Part-time: 8 hours per week
• Hours: primary shifts would be weekday nights. Night shift is 4:30pm-8:30pm, on-call 8:30pm-6:30am. Morning 6:30am-8:00am

• →Responds to crisis situations (pager requests/codes) to provide pastoral care as needed.
• →Responds promptly to pager requests from units to provide pastoral care. 
• →Understands the meaning of the codes used by the hospital and how to respond to each.
• →Sets appropriate priorities when multiple requests for pastoral care come during the same period of time. Communicates regularly with unit if the response must be delayed.
• →Provides appropriate pastoral care and stays available to patients and/or families for the duration of the crisis.
• →Responds in an appropriate way to requests for sacramental ministries from various faith groups.
• →Possesses knowledge of Illinois Advance Directives and provides patients and families with Advance Directive information as requested. Assists patients in completion of Advance Directives as needed.
• →Completes necessary electronic medical record documentation.
• →Logs appropriate data in departmental records to facilitate work of the in-coming chaplain. 
• →Attends to new admissions/referrals from previous shift, assesses needs for possible follow-up
• →Obtains surgery schedule for the following day. Takes note of the Cardiac Cath Schedule provided.  Visits as many inpatients and AM admits from both schedules as possible
• →Cares for spiritual, cultural, and emotional needs of patients and families. Seeks to find resources to meet religious needs of patients and families, recognizing that availability may be difficult during the overnight shifts
• →Sensitive to the needs and stresses of the staff on nursing units. Refers particular needs to staff chaplains.
• →Seeks to work with staff from other departments to meet patient care needs as appropriate.
• →Works with other full and part time staff to maintain coverage. Is prompt with requests for days to work, calls others to exchange dates when needed.
• →Communicates clearly with chaplain for the next shift, relaying any requests or on-going needs.

• →Education: A Divinity student or graduate with a Master of Divinity degree or equivalent. Classes or degree from a college, university, or theological school accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (www.chea.org).
• →Certification: A minimum of one (1) unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from an ACPE accredited center.
• →Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting, preferred
• →Unique or Preferred Skills:
  • →Personal integrated faith.
  • →Broad pastoral skills as well as clinical skills.
  • →Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • →Knowledge and skills: critical thinking, awareness and navigation within systems, spiritual assessment and intervention, grief work and bereavement care.
  • →Able to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment.
  • →Ability to relate to persons from varied ethnic, religious, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.
  • →Acute care/safety net hospital chaplaincy, preferred
  • →Knowledge of various religious traditions, preferred
  • →Multi-cultural engagement, preferred
  • →Second language skills (i.e. Spanish, Korean, Arabic, Polish, Urdu, etc.), preferred

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.  

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