Spiritual and Religious Care Chaplain
3 months ago
The Chaplain reports to the Health Services Manager and provides Pastoral Care to the patients, families, and staff of the Cape Breton Area - Eastern Zone.
Patient Care:
• Visit all patients who are admitted to the hospital/care facility and assess their emotional and spiritual care needs.
• Prioritize patient visits.
• Make regular visits to patients who need emotional and/or spiritual support.
• Make routine visits to the critical care areas - ICU, CCU, ER, NICU.
• Respond to emergencies ASAP.
• Respond to referrals made by nurses, physicians, or other health care workers.
• Know when it is appropriate to offer prayer and to be prepared to do so upon request.
• Advocate for the patient, if and when appropriate.
• Contact appropriate local clergy/faith leaders with the knowledge and/or request of the patient.
• Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients through their dying process.
• Make provision for the administration of the sacraments and/or other religious ceremonies as requested by the patient/family.
Family Care:
• Available to family of patients
• Provide emotional & spiritual support.
• Being present with family of dying patients
Staff Care:
• Available to staff who may need emotional of spiritual support.
• Awareness of the stress which is being carried by staff so that pastoral support may be offered if deemed necessary.
• Respond to staff involved in a critical incident and/or crisis.
Local Clergy:
• Develop working relationships with local clergy.
• Liaison between clergy and patient/family/staff.
• Upon request/knowledge of patient/ family advise clergy when a patient is failing.
• Orient new clergy to the registration procedures and the facility.
Administration:
• Attend multi-disciplinary rounds, advisory committee, chaplain’s staff meeting and case conferences on patients and local ministerial meetings, site management meetings.
• Needs to be able to read and interpret patient charts.
• Making observation notes on patient charts.
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Minimum of one Basic Unit in Clinical Pastoral Education as endorsed by the Canadian Association of Pastoral Practice and Education; additional Units preferred.
- Affiliated and endorsed by a recognized faith group.
- Demonstrated leadership ability, organization, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Commitment to continuing education.
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
- Successful external applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.
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Permanent Part-Time (20%) position; 15.00 hours bi-weekly.
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Travel is required, must have access to a reliable vehicle.
$26.01 - $35.52 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
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