Chaplain, Northwestern Medicine, Wheaton, Illinois
Listed: 9-15-23
Employer: Northwestern Medicine, 26W171 Roosevelt Rd 60187 | (630)-909-8000
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Position: Full-time
Webpage: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/NorthwesternMedicine/743999930038033-chaplain-marianjoy-full-time
Contact: Tammy Machalek
Job Description: Job Description
SUMMARY OF THE POSITION: CHAPLAIN, NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE WHEATON, ILLINOIS
Essential duties and responsibilities:
Provides spiritual services to patients, families, and staff.
Provide compassionate pastoral care consultation, advocacy and follow up for those in spiritual distress.
Utilizes the process of spiritual assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation with all patients.
Facilitates with others their search for meaning in the experience of life transitions, inclusive of, but not limited to suffering, loss, and grief.
Develops a patient care plan based on the assessment that will include interventions and measurable goals.
Documents all spiritual assessments, interventions, desired outcomes and care plans
Involves the patient, family, patients religious community and the interdisciplinary team in the assessment when appropriate and possible.
Helps others apply values in decision-making.
Participates in spiritual crisis intervention to patients, families, and staff.
Facilitates conflict resolution with patients/families/staff.
Responds to patients needs in a holistic manner consistent with the persons age and developmental level (with sensitivity to culture and ethnicity)
Provides Spiritual Leadership Participates in the development of care plans as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team.
Participates in patient staffing, care conferences, outcome rounds, and family meetings when appropriate
Utilizes pastoral perspective in a variety of leadership functions such as worship, education, and team building.
Provides for the sacramental needs of patients, family members, and staff.
Offers other religious services to facility staff, patients, and family members as appropriate and when requested.
Creatively uses rituals with the facility staff, patients, and family members as appropriate and when requested.
Participates as requested in the development and delivery of Spiritual Care programs to appropriate audiences within the System and the community.
Works with parish ministers and pastors for the good of the patient and family members when indicated or as appropriate.
Establishes yearly goals for professional growth and is accountable through an annual performance review.
Utilizes supervision, consultation, and peer review to evaluate professional growth and to improve professional performance.
Recommends quality and/or performance improvement initiatives to more effectively perform the work of a chaplain.
Receives feedback to improve professional performance and is receptive to new ways of meeting job expectations.
Participates in ongoing educational opportunities, e.g., attending meetings, conferences, or courses.
Contributes to meeting the fluctuating staffing needs of the Department as evidenced by flexibility in own assignments and work schedules.
Meets expectations related to the patient experience as defined in communication with Director.
Collaborates with leadership and peers in meeting organizational needs in times of transition and change.
Establishes and maintains professional and interdisciplinary relationships.
Works collaboratively to implement the interdisciplinary care teams plan, ensuring that patient wishes and wholeness are considered in all decisions.
Triages and prioritizes caseload using assessment and intervention skills.
Remains alert to referral opportunities
Able to establish and maintain healthy, positive relationships with others on the Spiritual Care and Education team.
Intervenes in chronic and acute situations with an ability to prioritize and problem solve.
Communicates with patients, families, colleagues, and leadership.
Educates staff regarding role of chaplain
Empowers and trains clinical staff to recognize and provide a supportive presence in responding to spiritual and emotional needs.
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