Chaplain

Inova Fairfax Hospital - Spiritual Care is looking for a dedicated Chaplain to join our team. This role will be Full-Time, Day Shift, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave

The Chaplain assists the manager or director in leading/planning memorial services, bereavement ceremonies, and staff debriefings to support the religious/spiritual/emotional needs of the hospital community. Assists the manager or director in supporting an interdisciplinary approach to patient care among nursing, medical, and volunteer chaplain staff. Participates in delivering and/or arranging for effective and appropriate spiritual support to patients, their loved ones, and staff in assigned areas. Participates in hospital or system committees as assigned.

Chaplain Job Responsibilities:

* Provides timely and effective spiritual, religious and/or emotional support to patients, their loved ones, and staff from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds

* Responsible for leading memorial/bereavement services as directed by the Spiritual Care Manager.

* Plans and participates in memorial services for the benefit of staff members and families

* Assists the manager or director in the development and implementation of recommendations to enhance patient/visitor/staff well-being and satisfaction.

* Participates in educational opportunities for nursing, medical, and ancillary care staff on topics related to the spiritual dimensions of health and illness.

* Serves on operating unit committees as assigned by manager or director, eg., Bereavement, ethics, transplant consortium, palliative care committees, etc.

* Develops creative initiatives to promote the value of a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of compassionate care.

* Works with manager to expand community faith-based resources by developing and maintaining effective relationships with area religious leaders through outreach and in-service opportunities.

* Contributes to the development and implementation of a standardized training program of core competencies for potential volunteers.

* Assists in the evaluation of spiritual care volunteers to ensure core competencies are maintained and documented.

* Assists in the preparation and presentation of bi-monthly continuing education seminars for spiritual care volunteers.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certification - Board Certified or eligible within two years.
• Licensure - Must obtain endorsement by authoritative board of one own religious affiliation within one year of employment.
• Experience - One year of working in a hospital setting or two years of other relative experience.
• Education - Masters Degree in Religious or theological pastoral studies. Four units of Clinical pastoral education (CPE).