Chaplain Resident

Job Description

The Chaplain Resident is responsible for the spiritual and emotional support of people of all religious beliefs in the hospital. The position functions as a competent spiritual care provider with the ability to relate cooperatively with patients' family members, peers and other hospital personnel. The chaplain provides crisis, grief and loss support, spiritual guidance by helping patients and families identify their spiritual resources, needs, and concerns; helps identify and evaluate moral and ethical options; provides rituals and services; and helps patients identify and utilize systems of support. The resident is a participant in the clinical education support at Baptist Health Care.

Responsibilities

• Incorporates a commitment to quality, which focuses on the needs of clients and families.
• Provides pastoral assessment and participates in creating the plan of care for requested spiritual counseling / care, as evidenced by documentation in clinical records.
• Plans and participates in programs and memorial services / rituals for staff / families as requested by the director.
• Cares for families during traumas and code blues and acts as a liaison between staff and family when needed.
• Participates in all departmental clinical education.
• Assist in other duties as assigned to support the operational needs of the department and organization.
• May be required to remain on campus immediately before, during, and after severe weather and / or disasters.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

About Us

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.