Chaplain - Palliative Care Casual at Nemours in Wilmington, Delaware

Job Description:

Nemours is seeking a Casual Chaplain.

Purpose of the Position:

• Provide skilled spiritual assessment and intervention for palliative care patients and their families

Collaborate with members of the Palliative Care psychosocial team to develop bereavement programs to support patient families.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs evaluation and assessment of spiritual needs for palliative care patients and families
• Contributes to overall psychosocial assessment of patients and families
• Participate in development and implementation of sibling and family bereavement programming
• Coordinate spiritual services and communicate with other members of the Palliative Care IDT as appropriate
• Education of staff and coworkers
• Full and appropriate documentation of patient care services
• Participation in inpatient consultation psychosocial team clinical responsibilities
• Weekly participation in interdisciplinary team meetings to review active cases
• Assist in the development of standards of care
• Perform other duties as request
• Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.
• Participate in education of medical trainees such as fellows, residents, medical students, nursing students, and CPE students
• Additional duties as requested/assigned

Qualifications:

• Master of Divinity or Theological Studies from an accredited graduate school
• Minimum one (1) extended unit of Clinical Pastoral Education
• Ordination and regular supervision by an appropriate judicatory, minimum of five (5) years of local parish ministry

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