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Chaplain

Community Hospital San Bernardino

#Nonprofit #Behavioral Health #Chaplain #Spiritual Care #Palliative Care #Patient Support #Crisis Management #Acute Care #Hospital

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The Chaplain serves as a vital spiritual leader, providing direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief. Responsibilities include collaborating with the healthcare team, advocating for spiritual needs, participating in palliative care processes, and responding to critical situations like Code Blues.

Requirements summary

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) with advanced study in theology or equivalent, ordination with local Diocese faculties, and completion of Clinical Pastoral Education upon hire. A minimum of one year of pastoral experience is mandatory, along with obtaining specific board certifications (APC, BCC, etc.) within 12 months.

bachelor degreeprofessional certificateCompassionate CareCrisis InterventionHolistic CarePalliative CareCode Blue ResponseInterdisciplinary CommunicationSpiritual CounselingGrief SupportEthical Decision MakingLiaison WorkEmpathetic CareRitualsPastoral AssessmentSacramental NeedsExistential Care

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 347-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in San Bernardino, California.
Known for its programs in maternity care and pediatrics, behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children, the hospital also includes inpatient and outpatient surgery.
The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems.
Visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/san-bernardino for more information.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Chaplain, you will serve as a vital spiritual leader and compassionate caregiver within our hospital community, providing essential spiritual counseling and support to patients, families, and staff.Every day, you will provide direct spiritual, religious, and existential care, offering compassionate presence, support, and appropriate rituals to patients, families, and staff, especially during times of crisis or grief.
You will collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for spiritual needs and integrate holistic care, ensuring respect for diverse beliefs.
To be successful in this role, you must be a highly compassionate individual, comfortable and skilled in engaging with people who may be emotional, panicked, stressed, or in pain.
You'll need the proven ability to provide empathetic care, adapt to diverse spiritual needs, and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Provides spiritual support and counseling to patients, families, hospital staff and medical staff, taking special note of newly admitted, critically ill and those preparing for surgery.
In conjunction with the Mission and Spiritual Care Director and the Palliative Care Coordinator, develops, implements and maintains comprehensive palliative care processes for patients, families and staff.
Participates in patient assessment, documentation, consultation and ethical decision making with special emphasis on palliative care patients Assesses pastoral/sacramental needs of patients, families and personnel and make appropriate referrals and/or follow-up as needed Responds to all referrals to make a spiritual care assessment; provides appropriate follow-up care and documentation in department and medical records Responds to all Code Blue or crisis situations on assigned units and provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, family members, hospital staff, medical staff and other patients.

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