Carondelet�s St. Joseph�s Hospital (located at 350 N. Wilmot Rd, Tucson, AZ 85711) provides a full range of comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. Established in 1961, St. Joseph�s Hospital is a premiere medical campus serving Tucson and the Southwest. St. Joseph�s is home to the Carondelet Neurological Institute and the Carondelet Joint Replacement Center. Here you�ll find one of the region�s most comfortable labor and delivery units as well as high-quality care and customer service in programs such as cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, wound care, stroke, diabetes, emergency medicine and rehabilitation. The 486-bed facility is an accredited Chest Pain Center, has been recognized by the American Heart and Stroke Association with a Get with the Guidelines Award for stroke care, and has nationally-certified Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs.

Why Carondelet...
When you join Carondelet�s Community Built on Care, our family of nurses, doctors, staff and healthcare specialists are dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care for all the families of Southern Arizona and the surrounding communities. We�ve been caring for you and your loved ones for more than 135 years � right here, in this great community of ours. So this is our home too. Caring, nurturing and helping heal friends, loved ones and neighbors of Southern Arizona is our passion, and we�re honored to have the opportunity to serve you. From emergency services and heart care to orthopedics, advanced stroke treatment and more, we�re focused on providing you with expert care combined with a healthy dose of attentiveness and kindness. Carondelet Health Network. A community built on care.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides coordination of services to meet patients, families and staff's spiritual needs in a cost-effective manner. Participates in a collaborative process which assesses plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates options and services to meet spiritual needs.

POSITION DUTIES

Initiates pastoral contacts with patients and families and offer spiritual/emotional support regarding present illness and its impact on the patient�s life, i.e., able to identify and work with grief and loss issues.
Assists patients and families regarding religious, spiritual and cultural practices during their hospital stay. Includes identifying usefulness of religious rituals as part of the healing process.
Accompanies patients, families, as is appropriate in End of Life Care issues; working with issues of forgiveness, reconciliation, guilt, anxiety, etc.
Performs full spiritual assessments that are meaningful to patients and staff.
Ensures that patients, families and staff can access a chaplain and be able to have their spiritual/religious needs met.
Demonstrates ability to discern the spiritual issues of patients, their support persons, and staff, and to provide appropriate and effective support.
Demonstrates understanding of major bioethical principles, facilitates bioethical decision making.
Understands and articulates the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.
Maintains confidentiality in managing information, re: patients, their support persons, and hospital staff.
Understands and utilizes principles of crisis intervention.

EDUCATION
Required: (from accredited institutions)
Ordination and ecclesiastical endorsement by one�s religious superior. For Catholic priests, endorsement by the Ordinary of the Diocese.
Preferred: Masters in Theology, Spirituality, Pastoral Studies or Master of Divinity.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION
Required: Certification or pursuing certification in the Association of Professional Chaplains, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, or National Association of Jewish Chaplains, with 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education, or its equivalent.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Preferred: Prior experience in hospital ministry.

OTHER/S
Skills
Required: Leadership; communication and teaching; organizational; interpersonal; team building and collaboration; spiritual assessment; interviewing; documentation; identification of potential risk situations or potential liability, flexibility for multi-site ministry.
Preferred: Bilingual (Spanish and English)

Knowledge
Required: Quality improvement process, related health care practices and standards; knowledge and competency in providing spiritual care for patients of diverse faith traditions from infancy thru the geriatric population, current practices, issues and regulations involved in transition planning; spiritual aspects of health care; professional and regulatory standards

Technology
Required: Basic computer skills, personal technology tools, and awareness of current use of technology in related field.
Preferred: Advanced computer skills, technology of the specialty.

Other
Required: Must be able to work variable shifts, weekends and/or holidays and take call schedule as required.

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