Description
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Summary:
UNC Health Care is an award-winning, not-for-profit integrated healthcare system committed to delivering state-of-the-art healthcare and outstanding patient service. UNC Health Care is there from the mountains to the coast, providing quality, compassionate care to North Carolinians from all 100 counties and across the country. The Department of Pastoral Care at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC, is currently looking for a dedicated, passionate, and highly caring per diem Chaplain to join the chaplaincy team. The department has robust ACPE CPE and clinical chaplaincy programs. The Per Diem Chaplain will provide the highest quality pastoral care to patients, family members, and the staff, focusing on the crisis and routine spiritual care needs during on-call shifts at UNC Hospitals.
This position will be dedicated to providing on-call coverage by offering pastoral care to the patients, family members, and staff within the hospitals. The on-call coverage consists of 12-hour shifts during the weekends and some weeknights at the Main Campus, with occasional opportunities to cover on-call shifts for the Hillsborough Campus. The chaplain will respond to all critical and non-critical spiritual care needs identified by staff and other referral sources, initiate follow-up in crisis situations, complete all consults, document spiritual care encounters, provide grief support, offer rituals as requested, provide follow-up referrals to other chaplains, and complete administrative duties as assigned.
This position schedule will be required as a On Call, per diem basis
Responsibilities:
1. Provides pastoral care and support to patients, family members, and staff during assigned on-call shifts with full consideration of patient safety needs.
2. Participates in the ministry of the department through the overnight on-call schedule, responding pastorally and timely to all situations requiring pastoral care and support. This may include, but is not limited to deaths, codes, follow-up visits, referrals, and consults, and through leading worship services as required.
3. Responds to all pages, referrals, and EPIC consults during assigned shift, including all traumas, deaths, and codes.
4. Leaves referrals for other chaplain staff members for ongoing issues as necessary.
5. Documents all pastoral care encounters in EPIC and the departmental log.
6. Completes all administrative tasks such as LMS modules and Employee Health requirements by the deadline.
7. Must work at least one on-call shift per quarter.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
● Prefer candidates who have completed or are in the process of completing Masters’ degree (MDiv) or equivalent.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Ordination and ecclesiastical endorsement from denomination/faith group preferred but not required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Completion of a minimum of one unit of ACPE CPE.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Pastoral Care
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 19.00
Salary Range: $18.20 - $25.86 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.