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The Manager of Chaplaincy Services is a system-wide position that provides leadership to Mercyhealth chaplains and pastoral services for all hospitals and outpatient services throughout the communities served. Key responsibilities include providing direction and day to day operational management for Chaplaincy Services, supervision of the Chaplaincy team members and volunteer Chaplains and program development consistent with Mercyhealth strategic objectives and goals. The manager will also provide leadership for the system-wide Ethics Committee.
Responsibilities: - Chaplaincy Services Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive, system-wide Chaplaincy Services program, including expected outcomes, objectives, and timeline of goal completion.
- Provide supervision and direction for Chaplaincy Services team members including selection, mentoring, performance coaching and oversight, staff assignments, and service programming goals and performance improvement activities.
- Participates in budget development, monitors budget achievement and assures efficient department operations.
- Attends leadership meetings and participates in various committees and activities that promote Chaplaincy Services and coordination of spiritual care of patients, families, and partners.
- Represents Mercyhealth in community and civic events and within the religious communities and organizations within the Mercyhealth service area.
- Interacts with Mercyhealth physicians and nurses and other care professionals in provision of and coordination of spiritual care within the continuum of care for patients and families,
- Assists in developing and maintaining strong community (partner) relationships through presentations, attendance at meetings and timely follow up.
- Serves as a chaplain, providing spiritual support to patients, families, and partners.
Ethics/Clinical Ethicist Responsibilities:- Provide leadership for Mercyhealth’s system-wide clinical ethics services by promoting an ethics strategy and vision.
- Support a clinical ethics culture throughout Mercyhealth by providing leadership for day-to-day ethics operations and partner activities.
- Provide support and supervision of the system-wide ethics committee and ethics consultation services.
- Oversight and assistance in consultation services by providing patient and partner ethics conflict resolution.
- Oversight and assistance in ethics education by providing training for ethics committee, consult services, and Mercyhealth partners.
- Oversight of policy development by identification and implementation of policies that aligns with ethical standards and standard of care.
- Enhancing awareness and integration of ethics throughout the system.
- Scale the ethics program to meet the needs of the vertically integrated health system
Requires Master of Divinity Degree.
Completion of Four Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
3+ years of Chaplaincy experience.
3+ years of leadership experience.
Certification/Licensure: Board Certification through an accrediting body (APC, NACC, or NAJC) or eligible to become certified with an agreement to do so within two years.
Special Physicial Demands: The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
