On Call Per Diem Chaplain; Mount Sinai Hospital

Description Reporting to the Director of Spiritual Care and Education, the Per-Diem Chaplain is responsible for addressing the spiritual, religious, and emotional needs of patients, families, and staff at Mount Sinai Hospital. The Per-Diem Chaplain joins a dynamic team within the Department of Spiritual Care and Education, fostering collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary care teams and contributing to the well-being of the Mount Sinai community.

The Per-Diem Chaplain position may be temporary or part-time. In this position, the Per Diem Chaplain is responsible for on-call coverage from 8:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. on weeknights, weekends, and holidays, serving the Manhattan hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System. The Per Diem Chaplain will primarily work remotely, initially responding to requests by phone and then, as needed, in person according to department policies and procedures.

Compensation will include a standard rate with additional pay based on incoming requests. Responsibilities Demonstrate mastery in chaplaincy knowledge and skills. Foster effective communication with diverse patients, family members, and staff.

Build and maintain relationships with clinical and support staff. Liaise with hospital and community clergy. Conduct visits across designated hospital floors and ambulatory settings.

Assess and address spiritual and religious needs, ensuring tailored interventions. Provide care and support to hospital staff. Mentor Clinical Pastoral Education interns and residents.

Actively participate in interdisciplinary meetings and initiatives. Facilitate holiday services, memorials, and special events. Participate in a daily on-call rotation.

Fulfill documentation requirements, including electronic health record charting. Present on spiritual care topics to external departments/units. Participate in department quality improvement initiatives.

Uphold the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains. Adhere to all Mount Sinai Health System standards, policies, and procedures. Achieve and maintain board certification.

Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Masters degree preferred. Successful completion of at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education in an accredited program.

Ability to provide compassionate and non-judgmental spiritual care to individuals or groups in times of crisis, grief, or spiritual distress. Possess knowledge of and respect for spiritual orienting systems to effectively interact with people from diverse backgrounds. Demonstrate a strong understanding of ethical principles and maintain a high level of integrity in all interactions and interventions.

Excellent verbal and written communication abilities to convey empathy, understanding, and comfort while actively listening and responding to the spiritual and emotional needs of individuals. Proficiency in providing spiritual care and support during emergencies and critical incidents, while working collaboratively with other clinical or support professionals. Sensitivity and awareness of cultural differences, norms, and practices, ensuring the ability to provide inclusive spiritual care to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Capacity to empathize, understand, and respond to the emotional needs of others, while maintaining personal resilience and managing emotional boundaries effectively. Ability to collaborate with colleagues within the interdisciplinary team. Flexibility to work in diverse environments and adjust spiritual care interventions to meet the needs of different populations and situations.

Ability to lead and facilitate groups. Non-Bargaining Unit, 258 - Dept of Spiritual Care & Ed

• MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital Employer Description Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.
  
  When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
  
  Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers. At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.
  
  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! "About the Mount Sinai Health System:
  
  Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment.
  
  The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S.
  
  News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked:
  
  No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S.
  
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  The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve.
  
  Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism." EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans Compensation The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $38.3333 - $38.36 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Masters degree preferred. Successful completion of at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education in an accredited program.

Ability to provide compassionate and non-judgmental spiritual care to individuals or groups in times of crisis, grief, or spiritual distress. Possess knowledge of and respect for spiritual orienting systems to effectively interact with people from diverse backgrounds. Demonstrate a strong understanding of ethical principles and maintain a high level of integrity in all interactions and interventions.

Excellent verbal and written communication abilities to convey empathy, understanding, and comfort while actively listening and responding to the spiritual and emotional needs of individuals. Proficiency in providing spiritual care and support during emergencies and critical incidents, while working collaboratively with other clinical or support professionals. Sensitivity and awareness of cultural differences, norms, and practices, ensuring the ability to provide inclusive spiritual care to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Capacity to empathize, understand, and respond to the emotional needs of others, while maintaining personal resilience and managing emotional boundaries effectively. Ability to collaborate with colleagues within the interdisciplinary team. Flexibility to work in diverse environments and adjust spiritual care interventions to meet the needs of different populations and situations.

Ability to lead and facilitate groups. Non-Bargaining Unit, 258 - Dept of Spiritual Care & Ed

• MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

Demonstrate mastery in chaplaincy knowledge and skills. Foster effective communication with diverse patients, family members, and staff.

Build and maintain relationships with clinical and support staff. Liaise with hospital and community clergy. Conduct visits across designated hospital floors and ambulatory settings.

Assess and address spiritual and religious needs, ensuring tailored interventions. Provide care and support to hospital staff. Mentor Clinical Pastoral Education interns and residents.

Actively participate in interdisciplinary meetings and initiatives. Facilitate holiday services, memorials, and special events. Participate in a daily on-call rotation.

Fulfill documentation requirements, including electronic health record charting. Present on spiritual care topics to external departments/units. Participate in department quality improvement initiatives.

Uphold the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains. Adhere to all Mount Sinai Health System standards, policies, and procedures. Achieve and maintain board certification.

Perform other duties as assigned.