Chaplain Resident (July 2024 - June 2025)

NOTICE
Chaplain Resident:
July 2024– June 2025

Clinical Pastoral Education Resident Immediate Opening.

Program Overview

Saint Elizabeths Hospital is a world-renowned public mental health residential facility that serves as the inpatient program of the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health. In 1945, CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) at Saint Elizabeths was established by Rev. Ernest Bruder, an Episcopal Priest and faculty at Virginia Theological Seminary, as the first center in what was the Mid-Atlantic Region of ACPE. The current curriculum provides learning opportunities based on action-reflection methods of experiential learning, group, and individual supervision, along with didactic content designed to reinforce and enhance learning from clinical encounters. The hospital provides a setting for students to engage in ministry with patients under supervision as a means of developing professional competence and pastoral identity.

Position Summary

Saint Elizabeths Hospital is offering a year-long CPE Residency to begin July 1. The Residency program provides students with three (3) units of CPE. This position is also open for students seeking a second-year residency.

Information regarding residency application submission is as follows:

• Completed an ACPE Application (found on website www.acpe.edu).
• Email Application and essay responses to lauri.swann@dc.gov as a single PDF.
• Certificate of Ordination or faith group letter of good standing.
• Master of Divinity or Master degree in a theological or religious area of study at a graduate school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools is preferred. Equivalency may be considered for international students.
• For potential residents, one previous unit of CPE is required. Please submit Certified Educator’s and Self-Final Evaluations for each unit completed.
• Submit References along with the application.
• Admission interview.
• No application fee.
• Compensation is offered for residents (Stipend, Annual/Sick Leave, Holidays, Sunday pay, and Medical and Dental Insurance offered)

Please note selected applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview.

You must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of your vaccination status as part of your new employee pre-boarding. Exceptions to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement may be granted for medical reasons and religious beliefs. Requests for medical exceptions must be submitted at your occupational health screening.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $34,100.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Have you completed one unit of CPE?

Work Location: In person