Staff Chaplain

Job Description

ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.

Position Summary

Provides direct patient care on assigned units, member of interdisciplinary treatment team, attends to spiritual/emotional needs of patients, families, & staff. Takes in-house on-call responsibility in rotation on weekdays and weekends. Responds to all all deaths, codes, critical events, and traumas; attends to ordered screens and consults and to referrals. Responds to requests for consultations on healthcare ethics and advance directives. Provides televised Sunday worship and additional special service leadership in rotation. Serves as preceptor for CPE students.

Responsibilities

1. Provides pastoral care to patients and families with a variety of ages, religious traditions and cultural backgrounds by assessing for spiritual and emotional distress, developing a plan of care and implementing appropriate pastoral interventions, with primary emphasis in an identified service line.
2. Provides pastoral care and pastoral care education to staff through assessment and pastoral intervention in addition to support for staff during/after critical incidents.
3. Serves as consultant on religious/spiritual/faith beliefs of patients and families which impact participation in health care, with primary emphasis in an identified service line.
4. Provides pastoral care and support hospital-wide while on-call, responding to all deaths, codes, critical events, and traumas; attends to ordered screens and consults and to referrals from individual units and requests from community.
5. Works closely with the interdisciplinary health care team with respect to patient's plan of care. Participates in rounds, team meetings, family meetings and unit meetings.
6. Documents all ministry in Electronic Health Record and on departmental logs and forms.
7. Is conversant with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Powepoint) and has ability to learn and use email and calendaring programs in addition to Electronic Health Record.
8. Collaborates with CPE Supervisors to orient, teach, observe, mentor and coach Chaplain CPE Residents and Chaplain CPE Interns.
9. Demonstrates acceptable levels of community leadership and participation

Minimum Requirements

College Degree plus other schooling

Master of Divinity or equivalent preferred.

Minimum of one unit of ACPE accredited Clinical Pastoral Education

Board Certification or eligible for Board Certification with Association of Professional Chaplains, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association of Jewish Chaplains or equivalent within two years of hire.

Employment as minister in local congregational setting (two for one)

Related Work Experience
1 year to 3

Where experience is obtained
Acute care hospital

Other Information

• Shift: Rotating

• On Call: Yes

• Weekends: Rotating 

General Statement

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.

Contact Information

For additional information, please contact:

Jordyn Woods, Talent Acquisition Consultant

ECU Health Talent Acquisition

Email: [email protected]