Chaplain
Philadelphia, PA 
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Job Description

Since this position will require the selected candidate to engage in regular contact with children in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, you will be required to meet the requirements of the Child Protective Services Act, including the Pennsylvania State Police criminal background check, the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare child abuse criminal background clearance, and an FBI finger print based federal criminal records check. The selected candidate will not be allowed to commence working until all three (3) are completed satisfactorily.

Job Summary:

  • Provide spiritual care with respect, empathy and compassion to patients, families and staff within the large, diverse and busy Einstein Urban Core.
  • Assesses the spiritual, religious and emotional needs of individuals and develops care plans for addressing those needs.
  • Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary care team and the chaplaincy team to recommend and directly address patient, visitor and staff needs and to meet individual plan care outcomes.
  • Must be able to communicate, with integrity, in the context of the other person#39;s frame of reference, especially regarding issues of crisis, loss, grief, and other serious adjustments.
  • Shares in the daytime on-call and some weekend/overnight on-call responsibilities.

  • Master#39;s Degree or Equivalent, and 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE, Inc.) required
  • Experience working as a chaplain within a medical setting required.
  • Experience working as a chaplain within an urban Emergency Room and Trauma Center, strongly preferred.
  • Experience and expertise working with a Muslim population.
  • Congregational or other clergy experience a plus.
  • Knowledge of major faith groups, pastoral theology, dynamics of loss and grief, and of crisis theory and intervention.
  • Recognition of being in good standing within faith group.
  • Evidence of ability to learn new computer software programs.
  • If hired after September 2013, Board Certification (or eligibility for). Certification required within 24 months of hire. Certification by the Association of Professional
  • Chaplains, Inc. or by other chaplaincy organization with which APC has certification reciprocity strongly preferred

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

  • OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
  • OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
  • OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.


As an employer, the Jefferson Enterprise maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
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