Chaplain Resident

As a Chaplain Resident you will embark on a comprehensive curriculum designed to equip you for success in both clinical practice and academic achievement:

Through our program, you will complete three units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) while concurrently pursuing your Master of Science in Patient Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Our innovative curriculum goes beyond traditional CPE content, offering semester-long courses in clinical ethics, chaplaincy research literacy, spiritual care leadership, and preparation for chaplain board certification.

At VCU Health, you'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at an urban level-one trauma center, where you'll rotate through diverse clinical settings including the emergency department, surgery, medicine, cardiology, pediatrics, women's health, psychiatry, corrections (prison ministry), palliative care, and organ donation protocols.

Guided by our esteemed faculty, who are national and regional leaders in specialized ministry, you'll receive mentorship and instruction grounded in their wealth of publications, research grants, presentations, and elected offices.

As a Chaplain Resident, your responsibilities will include providing spiritual care and support for patients, families, and staff, offering spiritual and religious resources, and assistance to the dying and their loved ones, documenting interventions in patient records, facilitating bereavement services, attending to spiritual and religious needs, participating in multidisciplinary teams, engaging in ethical consultations and education, contributing to continuous quality improvement efforts, and fostering your own personal and professional development.

We offer a competitive salary for residents, along with benefits such as paid time off and affordable healthcare insurance. Minimum requirements include acceptance into a Master of Science in Patient Counseling program.

Essential Job Statements

Offer s spiritual care and support for patients, families, and staff.

Offer s spiritual and religious resources, and assistance to the dying and their loved ones.

Document s interventions in patient records .

Facilitate s bereavement services .

Attend s to spiritual and religious needs .

Participate s in multidisciplinary teams .

Engage s in ethical consultations and education .

Contribute s to continuous quality improvement efforts .

Foster s own personal and professional development .

Adhere s to all VCU Health System and Department of Spiritual Care policies and procedures .

Patient Population: Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide equitable care appropriate to the age of the patients served on their assigned unit . Demonstrates knowledge and related competencies of the principles of growth and development of the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age, specific needs and to provide the equitable care needed as described in departmental policies and procedures.   Neonates (0-4 weeks), Infant (1-12 months), Pediatrics (1-12 years), Adolescents (13-17 years), Adults (18-64 years), Geriatrics (65 years and older)

Employment Qualifications

Education Required:  Acceptance into the Master of Science in Patient Counseling program

Working Conditions: Per iods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.   May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse.   May be exposed to adverse weather conditions; cold, hot, dust , wind, etc. Required to car travel to off-site locations, occasionally in adverse weather conditions. May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights.   May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids. *   May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials. *      May have periods of constant interruptions.

* Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.

Physical Requirements

Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-50 lbs.), Push/ Pull (0-50 lbs.), Climbing

Work Position: Sitting, Walking, Standing

Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards

Physical Requirements: Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination), Perform shift work, Hear alarms/telephone/tape recorder, Reach above shoulder, Repetitive arm/hand movements, Finger Dexterity,
Hazards: Use of Latex Gloves, Exposure to dust/fumes

Mental/Sensory – Emotional

Mental/Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Hearing, Speak Clearly, Write Legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking

Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady Pace, Able to Handle Multiple Priorities, Frequent and Intense Customer Interactions, Noisy Environment, Able to Adapt to Frequent Change

Compensation Range
$0.00 - $500,000.00
Actual salary offers will be based on several key factors to include relevant work experience, credentials, and qualifications.

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