Spiritual Care Provider (Per Diem, Rotating/Variable Shifts)

The UW MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE & WELLBEING DEPARTMENT has an outstanding opportunity for a PER DIEM SPIRITUAL CARE PROVIDER (Chaplain) at UW Medical Center

• Montlake.

WORK SCHEDULE:

• Variable

• Sunday-Saturday

• Night standby shift, with intermittent day shift opportunities

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• We are currently looking for standby availability for one (or more) of these nights: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday. Additional opportunities to cover day shifts will be available intermittently (e.g. staff vacations, holidays and some weekend shifts)

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Department of Spiritual Care & Wellbeing is to support patients, caregivers and staff as they navigate suffering, uncertainty, and loss. Our department values reflect the UW Medicine's Service Culture Guidelines of compassion, respect, collaboration, teamwork, diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, education, integrity, accountability and excellence. We are committed to the clinical practice and assessment models of outcomes oriented spiritual care. We value being a member of a vibrant learning community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cultivate and model the UWMC Service Culture Guidelines (Respect, Compassion, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Teamwork, Collaboration, Innovation and Excellence) and the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics

• Provide trauma-informed spiritual care to UWMC patients, responding to requests for service promptly; documenting spiritual care assessments, interventions, outcomes, plans of care.

• Provide excellent clinical care and be an active part of the department's ongoing learning community.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team in care coordination of patients and caregivers. Make appropriate referrals to members of the multidisciplinary team.

• Support staff wellbeing via rounding, Tea for the Soul, facilitating formal and informal trauma and critical incident debriefings and grief support.

• Effectively assess and address spiritual distress, goals of care, hopes, needs and resources

• Effectively communicate with UWMC and Fred Hutch Cancer Center Spiritual Health Teams for highest quality plan of care coordination

• Execute handoffs, charting, and staff care statistics as requested by the department in a timely and effective manner.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent from seminary accredited by the Association of Theological Schools

• Have completed at least one unit of CPE in the ACPE Program. Preference to those who have completed four units of CPE

• Must be in good standing with a nationally recognized religious, spiritual, or philosophical body.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• This is an on-call/per diem position, which will require working weekly standby/on-call shifts from 4:30pm-8:00am. Most Per diems cover a regularly weekly night shift. Covering a night shift makes you eligible to cover day shifts as they emerge for holiday, vacation and weekend coverage.

• The 16 hour overnight Standby (on-call) shifts originate at home until the Spiritual Care Provider is called into the hospital to support patients, family, or staff.

This position may be dual appointment eligible for UWM hourly employees that qualify.

TO APPLY: Please submit an updated application, complete the assessments, and submit a cover letter through our online application. Please also submit a current Verbatim or case study (within last 3 years preferred) that reflects your level of clinical skill, level of personal awareness, and your facility to address spiritual distress, and end of life issues. You may submit the Verbatim/case study directly to the Manager of Spiritual Care & Wellbeing, at spiritualcare@uw.edu. Incomplete applications will not be considered for this position.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER

UW Medicine is Washington's only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center

• Montlake, UW Medical Center

• Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

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