Associate Chaplain - Spiritual Health & Education

Under the supervision of the Clinical Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Associate Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members. Uses, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources. Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
• Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient’s condition.
• Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units. Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
• Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e. Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
• Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned clinical units.
• Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
• Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
• Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
• Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
• Successful completion of assigned Professional Development Courses.
• Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.
• Assists with the new team member orientation and training of both staff and student learners

Under the supervision of the Clinical Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Associate Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members. Uses, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources. Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
• Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient’s condition.
• Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units. Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
• Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e. Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
• Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned clinical units.
• Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
• Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
• Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
• Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
• Successful completion of assigned Professional Development Courses.
• Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.
• Assists with the new team member orientation and training of both staff and student learners

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree Religious Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree Divinity
• Bachelor’s Degree Theology
• Bachelor’s Degree Related Field

Experience Qualifications:

• Successful completion of ACPE Internship and ACPE Residency
• At least one year of experience working in a professional and/or clinical environment.

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates current knowledge and level of expertise to provide spiritual care to a variety of people, inclusive of multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity, social conditions, systems and family issues.
• Demonstrates a range of spiritual care skills including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
• Communication skills necessary to counsel patients, families and team members.
• Ability to be self-supervising and self-motivated.
• Able to integrate knowledge of behavioral science, theology and pastoral identity into spiritual care function.

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree Religious Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree Divinity
• Bachelor’s Degree Theology
• Bachelor’s Degree Related Field

Experience Qualifications:

• Successful completion of ACPE Internship and ACPE Residency
• At least one year of experience working in a professional and/or clinical environment.

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates current knowledge and level of expertise to provide spiritual care to a variety of people, inclusive of multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity, social conditions, systems and family issues.
• Demonstrates a range of spiritual care skills including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
• Communication skills necessary to counsel patients, families and team members.
• Ability to be self-supervising and self-motivated.
• Able to integrate knowledge of behavioral science, theology and pastoral identity into spiritual care function.

TGH Main Campus (TGHMAIN)
1 Tampa General Circle

Tampa, 33601