Chaplain (Per Diem)

Hillsborough, NC

Job Description

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:
Provides direct pastoral care to patients, families and staff manage pastoral care in various clinical areas.


Responsibilities:
1. Provides pastoral care and support to patients, family members, and staff during assigned on-call shifts with full consideration of patient safety needs.
2. Participates in the ministry of the department through the overnight on-call schedule, responding pastorally and timely to all situations requiring pastoral care and support. This may include, but is not limited to deaths, codes, follow-up visits, referrals, and consults, and through leading worship services as required.
3. Responds to all pages, referrals, and EPIC consults during assigned shift, including all traumas, deaths, and codes.
4. Leaves referrals for other chaplain staff members for ongoing issues as necessary.
5. Documents all pastoral care encounters in EPIC and the departmental log.
6. Completes all administrative tasks such as LMS modules and Employee Health requirements by the deadline.
7. Must work at least one on-call shift per quarter.


Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
● Prefer candidates who have completed or are in the process of completing Masters’ degree (MDiv) or equivalent.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Ordination and ecclesiastical endorsement from denomination/faith group preferred but not required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Completion of a minimum of one unit of ACPE CPE.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:


Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Pastoral Care

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 12.00

Salary Range: $18.66 - $26.51 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No


This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.


Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:
Provides direct pastoral care to patients, families and staff manage pastoral care in various clinical areas.


Responsibilities:
1. Provides pastoral care and support to patients, family members, and staff during assigned on-call shifts with full consideration of patient safety needs.
2. Participates in the ministry of the department through the overnight on-call schedule, responding pastorally and timely to all situations requiring pastoral care and support. This may include, but is not limited to deaths, codes, follow-up visits, referrals, and consults, and through leading worship services as required.
3. Responds to all pages, referrals, and EPIC consults during assigned shift, including all traumas, deaths, and codes.
4. Leaves referrals for other chaplain staff members for ongoing issues as necessary.
5. Documents all pastoral care encounters in EPIC and the departmental log.
6. Completes all administrative tasks such as LMS modules and Employee Health requirements by the deadline.
7. Must work at least one on-call shift per quarter.


Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
● Prefer candidates who have completed or are in the process of completing Masters’ degree (MDiv) or equivalent.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Ordination and ecclesiastical endorsement from denomination/faith group preferred but not required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Completion of a minimum of one unit of ACPE CPE.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:


Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Pastoral Care

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 12.00

Salary Range: $18.66 - $26.51 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No


This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.


Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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About UNC Health

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. 

 UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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