Associate Chaplain - Per Diem

Cost Center: 164 Pastoral Services

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

Work Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Shift & Status

Who Are We?

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.

Principal

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual comfort through individual and group prayer and scripture reading, share devotional readings/thoughts, music, communion, and meet individual spiritual needs.
• Respect cultural and ethnic diversity, yet keep our Christian foundational values and Christian identity.
• Periodically conduct Sunday worship services.
• Comfortable with assisting patients and residents with their spiritual needs. Part of this process is performing spiritual assessments and providing spiritual care based upon the assessments, and memorial/funeral services for patients or residents who pass away. Memorial services have been interactive in the past, allowing grieving staff and residents a chance to speak informally at the service. There is also prayer, music, and a message of hope.
• Limited documentation of the visit is helpful to provide the staff with insight into the spiritual needs of the patients or residents for continuity of care.
• Documents in the Electronic Charting software summaries of individual and group ministry with patients, according to Pastoral Services Department standards.

What Does This Role Require?

Education/Experience

• Knowledge of theology, spiritual development, and pastoral counseling at a level normally acquired through completion of a Master’s of Divinity degree or equivalent training at an accredited theological seminary or school.
• Minimum of 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education training for Per Diem employees.
• Endorsement as a Chaplain by one’s denomination of faith group or obtainable within one year of hire.
• Approximately two year’s ministry experience, preferably in chaplaincy.

Notice

Pine Rest provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

All new employees are subject to a criminal background check and education verification which may include sending a copy of your high school diploma, GED, or college transcripts.

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is also part of our background process.