Summary

The senior staff chaplain projects God's love by providing pastoral care to patients, families and colleagues through routine and/or referral visitation, crisis and bereavement care, support activities, educational events, and worship services. These services are provdided during the staff member's assigned shift and on-call rotations for nights, weekends, and holidays as required. Staff members are subject to recall as needed. The position is under the general supervision and direction of the director of Pastoral Care. The senior staff chaplain is assigned additional responsibilities in a specialty area by the director. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provides pastoral care through routine and/or referral visitation.

• Provides crisis and bereavement care during times of deaths, codes, and other emergencies.

• Develops and implements pastoral care ministries in an assigned specialty.

• Provides chapel/worship services as required.

• Completes assigned goals.

Requirements, Preferences and Experience

Education

Preferred: >1600 hours (4 or more units) of CPE preferably in residence.

Minimum: Bachelor's degree, Master of Divinity (or equivalent) from an accredited seminary, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)and 1600 hours of CPE (4 units).

Experience

Preferred: 10 years experience in a clinical setting, with a majority served in BMHCC facilities.

Minimum: 10 years experience in a clinical setting.

Licensure, Registration, Certification

Minimum: DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT)

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.

At Baptist, We Offer:

• Competitive salaries

• Paid vacation/time off

• Continuing education opportunities

• Generous retirement plan

• Health insurance, including dental and vision

• Sick leave

• Service awards

• Free parking

• Short-term disability

• Life insurance

• Health care and dependent care spending accounts

• Education assistance/continuing education

• Employee referral program

Job Summary:

Position: 19865 - Chaplain-Senior

Facility: BMG - Palliative Medicine

Department: MG Palliative Care Clinic BMG

Category: Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy

Type: Non Clinical

Work Type: Full Time

Work Schedule: Days

Location: US:TN:Memphis

Located in the Memphis metro area REQNUMBER: 24088