Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
JOB SUMMARY:
The PRN Associate Chaplain provides spiritual care to all patients, families, and staff in need of such services. The PRN Associate Chaplain role is intended to solely provide coverage for both scheduled time-off and unanticipated absences.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Proactively contributes to Eskenazi's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach, and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi's values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development, and Excellence
Provides Emergency Department/Intensive Care coverage
Performs unit visitation, as assigned
Responds to all 'Code' pages while on-duty, unless otherwise specified
Performs Psychiatric, Correctional Healthcare and outpatient visitation as requested
Coordinates/implements Spiritual Care response in crisis situations until relieved by senior staff
Assists, as needed, with management of 'Haven of Hope' family respite rooms
Provides ministerial services, commensurate with incumbent's own spiritual tradition
Secures provision of ministerial services for those with differing spiritual traditions
Provides spiritual counseling to those in need
Provides assistance in matters related to Advanced Directives
Advocates on behalf of patients in the absence of a Patient Advocate
Provides respectful post-mortem care for deceased patients, and assists in documentation and release of such patients.
ASSOCIATED JOB DUTIES:
Perform other job related duties as assigned
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Successful completion of a denominationally approved/mandated educational program
Minimum of two years of previous ministerial experience (health care background preferred)
Minimum of one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education or documentation of a minimum of three years as a professional chaplain in a health care organization.
Must be ordained/endorsed (or equivalent), and in good standings with their ecclesiastical body
Valid Indiana driver's license
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
Positive professional service provision to patients, families, visitors, and staff
Good professional judgment
Appropriate display of initiative
Ability to function unsupervised
Ability to direct efforts in crisis situation when on duty
Knowledge of multiple modalities of ministry
Demonstrates positive professional interaction with interdisciplinary team and community representatives
Demonstrates flexibility to meet needs of the department
Demonstrates personal integrity
Demonstrated ability to provide care to people of various spiritual backgrounds and worldviews, without the imposition of incumbent's own personal beliefs. (Proselytism will not be tolerated.)
RESPONSIBILITY:
Maintains patient and family confidentiality
Maintains protected health information in accordance with HIPAA privacy guidelines and regulations
Directly supervises volunteers
JUDGMENT:
Employee may work independently under the general direction of their leader
CONTACTS - INTERNAL/EXTERNAL:
Patients, families, visitors, staff, general public and clergy
SPECIAL EFFORT REQUIRED:
Available to cover openings in the schedule due to planned absences, as well as providing emergent coverage for unanticipated absences.
Must attend scheduled staff meetings (regardless of call status)
Shifts may be solo or team based, depending on schedule
Must be comfortable working with deceased patients, including overseeing the transfer of bodies.
Spiritual Care errors are not easily identified. Chief consequence of error would be the inappropriate provision of spiritual care resulting in negative effects for patients.
Work entails a broad range of pastoral services. Judgment required in identifying appropriate services to meet needs. Discretion allowed in determining methodology
Continuing studies needed to meet the needs for individuals of various faiths
Incumbent exposed to communicable illness and disease due to direct patient contact
Limited travel may be required, exposing incumbent to hazards inherent to vehicular travel
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
Patient care areas, clinics, nursing offices, secured rooms for prisoner-patients, external facilities in exceptional circumstances, hospital morgue
May be required to attend meetings or perform work remote from clinic or hospital campus
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America's best midsize employers' Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care - Center of Excellence in Women's Health, just to name a few.
