Chaplain Associate- Part Time- As Needed- Lancaster General Hospital

Description

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• The Chaplaincy Care and Education Department at Lancaster General Hospital is seeking a Part-Time- As needed Chaplain Associate to join their team:

Summary:

The Chaplain Associate assists with on call coverage of the hospital and or Women and Babies Hospital by providing pastoral care and a supportive presence for patients and families confronting the emotional and spiritual impact of hospitalization.

• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:

• Participates in delivering and arranging for appropriate pastoral care support to patients, families and staff in specific areas of the institution.

• Respond to requests for pastoral care in a timely manner.

• Participate in the meeting ritual and sacramental needs of patients.

• Identify and refer critical pastoral care needs to the staff chaplain of the department.

• Participates in maintenance of proper administrative procedures for the department in accordance with institutional policy.

• Document pastoral care activities to communicate with members of the department and other health care providers.

• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

• Assist the Pastoral Services Department in providing 24 hour pastoral care coverage.

• Provide pastoral services in such a way as to accomplish the institutional, as well as the departmental objectives. Function in a manner that reflects the mission and vision of the institution.

• Adhere to all Hospital standards, policies, and procedures. Adhere to the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains.

• Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.

Responsibilities:

• ATTENTION CONCENTRATION - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:

• The position requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously. It is highly likely that multiple task demands are going to be required of the individual at the same time.

• NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:

• A large portion of this position required reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible.

• PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING - The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:

• The position required much autonomy of thought and problem solving. The individual must be able to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems. The individual must be able to think abstractly, which is manifested in the ability to form concepts, use categories, generalize from single instances, apply procedural rules and general principles, and be aware of subtle or intrinsic aspects of a problem. The development of hypothesis and potential solutions to problems involves careful interpretation, analysis and diagnosis. The individual must be able to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The individual must be able to think creatively with a degree of inventiveness, experimentation and intuition. They must be able to deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables.

• TEMPERAMENTS: The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:

• Creativity, feelings or ideas: Ability to adapt to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or