Chaplain; Mount Sinai Queens; Full Time; Days

Strength Through Diversity

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Roles & Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of Spiritual Care and Education, the Chaplain is responsible for responding to the spiritual needs of patients, families and staff throughout the organization. The Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients and their loved ones who are confronting serious illness, making difficult treatment decisions, feeling alienated or alone, or experiencing conflict, despair or feelings of hopelessness. The Chaplain functions as a team member of the Department of Spiritual Care and Education at Mount Sinai Hospital and throughout the Mount Sinai Health System, and establishes collaborative relationships with the interdisciplinary care team, other professionals and the community.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Visits patients on assigned floors, throughout the hospital, and, as appropriate, in outpatient settings.
2. Assesses patient and family spiritual and/or religious needs, supports with appropriate interventions, and assesses outcomes.
3. Demonstrates necessary chaplaincy knowledge and skills.
4. Communicates effectively with patients of all demographics served by hospital.
5. Participates in on-call rotation as needed.
6. Maintains relationships with medical staff, nursing staff, and other departments as representative of Department of Spiritual Care and Education.
7. Participates in interdisciplinary meetings in assigned patient care areas.
8. Provides care and support to hospital staff.
9. Liaises as needed with community clergy to ensure patients’ religious needs are met.
10. Mentors and orients clinical pastoral education students, and teaches didactics as requested.
11. Participates in organizing and leading holiday services, memorials, and special events as well as activities connected to Spiritual Care Week and Nurses’ Week.
12. Fulfills documentation requirements, including appropriate charting in the electronic medical record.
13. Presents on spiritual care topics to outside departments and/or units, as requested.
14. Serves on hospital committees as invited.
15. Participates in maintenance of proper administration procedures for department in accordance with institutional policies.
16. Adheres to the code of ethics of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
17. Maintains board certification by National Chaplain Association.
18. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education:
Master’s degree with a focus in theology or related fields preferred.
Successful completion of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education in an accredited program.
Certified – or certification-eligible – by the Association of Professional Chaplains , Neshama: the Association of Jewish Chaplains, the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, or the Spiritual Care Association.
Experience:
Experience as a clinical chaplain
Experience working in a healthcare setting

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity and inclusion is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize healthcare delivery together.

We work hard to recruit and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you have the opportunity and support to develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, have an impact on quality patient care.

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Who We Are

Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai Morningside ( Formerly St Luke’s), and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

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.

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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 $61,779.84 - $98,345.42 Annually. 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.