Chaplain 1 - Spiritual Health & Education at Tampa General Hospital

Under the supervision of the Manager of Spiritual Health and Education, the Chaplain 1 provides spiritual support to patients, visitors and staff members. Uses, as appropriate, a wide range of spiritual care skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources. Responsible for performing job duties and implementing the mission, vision and goals of the Spiritual Health and Education Department and Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Provides consistent spiritual care to team members facing personal or professional concerns.
• Assess patient and family spiritual needs and assists families in using their faith in dealing with illness, trauma and stress.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary; responds to all Code Blue and Trauma Alerts; assists in helping families remain informed of patient’s condition.
• Develops ongoing spiritual relationships on assigned clinical units.
• Visits patients on assigned areas, special requests and in critical care waiting areas; establishes ongoing ministry relationship with patients and families from previous visits when appropriate.
• Educates and helps patients and families execute Advanced Directives; advises patients on understanding documents related to their healthcare (i.e. Living Wills and Health Care Surrogate).
• Completes bereavement care protocol; supports family using their faith system to cope with death; provides support to the family as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains a working relationship between the Spiritual Health and Education Department and medical staff, nursing staff and other departments.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds of assigned service line or patient area.
• Attends to requirements of regulatory agencies by representing the department in assigned patient areas.
• Participates in the orientation of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) residents and interns by making presentations as assigned.
• Plans, provides and maintains a safe environment for patients, staff and families.
• Responds promptly to orders and requests for spiritual care services with special attention to trauma patients and urgent requests within the hospital.
• Formulates goals for ongoing personal and professional development.
• Successful completion of assigned Professional Development Courses (AKTiVe for Team Members, High Reliability Training, Crucial Conversations, etc.).
• Participates in all required Spiritual Health and Education required meetings.

• Master's Degree in Divinity or other related field. Board Certification (within two (2) years of hire).
• Successful completion of ACPE Internship and Residency.
• Ordination and/or endorsement by an acknowledged ecclesiastical body. Board Certification within two (2) years of hire by one or more certifying agencies (e.g. Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC), National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), etc.).
• At least one (1) year of clinical experience within a complex, academic hospital setting required. Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment.