Associate Chaplain

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Based at Socorro General Hospital in Socorro, New Mexico, this role provides compassionate, foundational spiritual support to patients, families, and associates. The individual in this position conducts basic spiritual assessments, offers steady guidance during both routine and crisis situations, and helps people weave their spiritual and cultural practices into their overall care experience. The role embraces individuals of all faith backgrounds-and those with none-while encouraging healthy communication with personal faith communities. More complex spiritual needs or ethical concerns are thoughtfully referred to a staff or clinical chaplain for advanced support.

• Assess, provide and documents effective spiritual care to patients, families and associates including listening, counseling and prayer.
• Supports individuals from diverse economic, cultural, racial and religious backgrounds; advocates for patient needs, values, and goals in the care process.
• Provides calming support for individuals in crisis, undergoing procedures, facing end-of-life decisions and traumatic events.
• Proactively participates in interdisciplinary delivery of holistic patient care services through rounding, departmental meetings and family conferences to promote optimal and realistic goals and outcomes.
• Responds to patients, families and associates with ethical decision-making, values and discernment makes.
• Participates and leads spiritual care groups.
• Assists with the implementation of advanced directives.
• Seeks consultation from staff or clinical chaplains if uncertain on how to respond to patient needs.
• Leads worship and administers sacraments in accordance with personal faith tradition and denominational approval as appropriate.
• Coordinates spiritual connections with pastors and spiritual care advisors in the community as requested.
• Participates in department meetings, organizational sponsored programs and educational secessions as requested.
• Consistently follows policies, procedures and approved practices.
• Incorporates all patient safety protocols and initiatives to optimize a safe patient environment.
• Maintains patient confidentiality of personal, medical information.
• Uses information technology and various electronic systems to assess, document and communicate patient care and work.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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