Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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Key Functions

1. Provide pastoral care and counseling to the Menninger Community

1. Use spiritual assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation in order to contribute to the plan of care
2. Offer pastoral care that is respectful of cultural and religious diversity and differences
3. Develop, coordinate and facilitate public worship and spiritual practices appropriate to diverse settings and needs
4. Support patients in the application of their own values in decision-making
5. Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team to incorporate spiritual needs in treatment planning

2. Maintains professional relationships within the organization and local community

1. Serve as consultant to departments and clinical programs
2. Foster collaborative relationships with community clergy and faith group leaders
3. Provides spiritual leadership in times of organizational crisis events

Education   Required: Master’s degree from an accredited theological seminary. One year of advanced clinical pastoral education in a psychiatric hospital.

License/Certification :  Current certification, or in the process of being certified, in a least one of the following national certifying organizations: The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, The Association of Professional Chaplains.

Experience :   Two years experience as an ordained minister, rabbi, or priest in a church, synagogue, temple setting. 

Preferred:   Two years experience as a chaplain in a psychiatric hospital. Experience with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.

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