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Chaplain - Hospice Albany

If you are looking for a part time position in Spiritual Health, this could be your opportunity. Here at The Community Hospice, a part of St. Peter's Health Partners, we care for more people in more places.

*This position will work between Hospice-Albany Hospice- Rensselaer*

Position Highlights:

• Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
• Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development

What you will do:
The Community Hospice has a wonderful opportunity for a Chaplain to join our Hospice Care Team!As a member of the Interdisciplinary Hospice team, the Chaplain assumes overall responsibility for the coordination of spiritual services; provides spiritual counseling and emotional support to patients/families and hospice team members of all denominations; and participates in the development of the patient/family care plan.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of the MISSION and CORE VALUES of SPHP.
• Have good understanding of, and commitment to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.
• Have capacity and willingness to respond to emergency and crisis intervention requests for spiritual and emotional support, and other spiritual care-related requests/referrals by patients’ families/loved ones, and other health care colleagues/physicians and other clinicians .
• Be willing to participate in, or lead deceased patients’ memorial serves for bereaved families.
• Be able and willing to integrate spiritual care into every facet of SPHP ministry where assigned .
• Have the capacity and willingness to freely initiate, develop, plan, implement, and measure own annual work performance goals, as well as personal and professional development goals that align with Spiritual Care Department’s Annual Strategic Initiatives and Plans, to meet SPHP’s system-wide Strategic Plan/s and goals.
• Have the capacity for an intentionally mindful, constructive, and unitive spiritual solution to matters of conflict or division , which may have the potential to hamper the care or well-being of patients, patients’ families/loved ones, physicians or other clinicians and colleagues in any of SPHP’s Faith-based or non-Faith-based healthcare environment.
• Be willing and able to mentor Spiritual Care Volunteers/students .
• Be willing and ready to accept and perform other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
• Be active and in good standing with one’s own faith tradition affiliation, with demonstrable proof, if requested by SPHP’s HR or hiring Spiritual Care Department leadership.

What you will need:

• Master's degree from an accredited institution in Theology, Pastoral Care, or Spirituality is required.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in chaplaincy or pastoral experience, preferably in healthcare setting .
• Hospice experience and/or equivalent education in pastoral ministry is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, knowledge regarding family dynamics, issues of death and dying.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team relationship.
• Ability to perform public speaking engagements, and lead memorial services, often during evening hours
  

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.