Chaplain

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is looking for a dedicated Chaplain to join our team. This role will be Full-Time, Day Shift, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave

Chaplain Job Responsibilities:

The Chaplain assists the manager or director in leading/planning memorial services, bereavement ceremonies, and staff debriefings to support the religious/spiritual/emotional needs of the hospital community. Assists the manager or director in supporting an interdisciplinary approach to patient care among nursing, medical, and volunteer chaplain staff. Participates in delivering and/or arranging for effective and appropriate spiritual support to patients, their loved ones, and staff in assigned areas. Participates in hospital or system committees as assigned.

• Provides timely and effective spiritual, religious and/or emotional support to patients, their loved ones, and staff from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds
• Responsible for leading memorial/bereavement services as directed by the Spiritual Care Manager.
• Plans and participates in memorial services for the benefit of staff members and families
• Assists the manager or director in the development and implementation of recommendations to enhance patient/visitor/staff well-being and satisfaction.
• Participates in educational opportunities for nursing, medical, and ancillary care staff on topics related to the spiritual dimensions of health and illness.
• Serves on operating unit committees as assigned by manager or director, eg., Bereavement, ethics, transplant consortium, palliative care committees, etc.
• Develops creative initiatives to promote the value of a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of compassionate care.
• Works with manager to expand community faith-based resources by developing and maintaining effective relationships with area religious leaders through outreach and in-service opportunities. Contributes to the development and implementation of a standardized training program of core competencies for potential volunteers.
• Assists in the evaluation of spiritual care volunteers to ensure core competencies are maintained and documented.
• Assists in the preparation and presentation of bi-monthly continuing education seminars for spiritual care volunteers.
• Occasional travel to the other Inova hospitals to provide support, as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Master's degree in religious or theological pastoral studies, Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
• Experience: One year of working in a hospital setting or two years of other relative experience
• Certification: Board Certified or eligible within two years of employment
• Licensure: Must obtain endorsement by authoritative board of one own religious affiliation within one year of employment