A Religious Leader or Professional leads religious services and provides spiritual guidance or counseling. Presents knowledge and interpretation of theological texts. May work in a non-denominational setting like a prison or hospital, or work for specific faith-based congregation or denomination and follow the practices of that faith.
Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual "Best of Hays" publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women's services and more.
Summary:
Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to patients, families, associates, and physicians via individual and group interactions; systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families and develops, implements, and documents spiritual plans of care; participates as a member of interprofessional teams, identifying patient/family needs and developing specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment; plans and facilitates rituals and worship services as needed; collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care, and serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes; assists with debriefing and support of associates after major events.
Responsibilities:
Assesses, provides, and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in a variety of situations, including but not limited to crisis intervention, grief and bereavement, end of life care, and faith crises Systematically and intentionally gathers data to provide ongoing spiritual assessment of patients or families Develops and implements a spiritual plan of care based on spiritual assessment Documents spiritual assessment and spiritual plan of care in the patient's medical record Participates as a member of the palliative care team, as assigned Participates as a member of the interprofessional team identifying patient/family needs and developing plan of care Plans and facilitates worship services as needed Provides timely and sensitive spiritual care to associates via individual and group interactions Collects relevant data to self-monitor quality and effectiveness of spiritual care Develops specialized spiritual care services for specific areas of assignment Serves as a teaching resource in formal and informal situations about spirituality, spiritual needs of patients and families, and the connection between spirituality and health outcomes Assist with debriefing and support of associates after major events Provides spiritual and religious resources as requested by patient/family Introduces patient/family to the services of the spiritual care department Contacts community clergy as requested by patient/family Ability to function effectively under stress, to cope with crisis situations, and to respond creatively to a multiplicity of changes Provides hospitality and assistance to visiting clergy as needed Serves as an ethics resource for patients, family, and associates for a variety of clinical situations, including the removal/withholding of life-sustaining treatment Serves as clinical partner or mentor to clinical pastoral education interns Understands and adheres to the
CHRISTUS
Health associate covenant and code of ethics Respects confidentiality of information from all sources, including patients, family members, other volunteers and csrhs associates Demonstrates cultural humility and sensitivity with respect to patient populations served Performs miscellaneous additional tasks as assigned or requested by director of spiritual cared.
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED required Master's degree in divinity, theology, pastoral ministry or spirituality preferred (unless level of degree not required at time of chaplaincy certification) Completion of a minimum of four units of clinical pastoral education Supervised experience within a clinical pastoral education program required If not yet certified by one of the national certifying bodies (apc, nacc, or cpsp), must obtain certification within two years of hire Must be endorsed by leader of their faith community
