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Sparrow
Lansing, MI, US
Summary
Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, and staff during emergency and urgent situations. Coordinate communication with clergy and facilitate interactions between hospital staff and family members.
Job Description
Job Opportunity
Job ID: 55544
Positions Location: Lansing, MI Job Description General Purpose of Job: Provide
Description:
Positions Location: Lansing, MI
Job Description
General Purpose of Job:
Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients, families and staff in emergency and urgent situations during nights, weekends, and holidays, when staff chaplains are not in the hospital.
Essential Duties:
This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Associates may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.
- Provides pastoral care to patients, families, staff, physicians, and volunteers.
- Carries and responds to pager at all times during shift.
- Responds immediately by phone and arrives at the hospital in less than 30 minutes in the case of emergencies, or within two hours for a non-emergency.
- Coordinates communication with local Roman Catholic priests when one is needed for sacramental purposes.
- Facilitates communication between hospital staff and family members.
- Assists family members with viewing of the body following the death of a patient, both on hospital units and in the morgue, as requested.
- May assist hospital staff in learning family wishes pertaining to funeral home and autopsy.
- Completes appropriate documentation for all contacts.
- Shares pertinent information with Pastoral Care staff to facilitate follow-up by staff.
- Attend and participate in monthly on-call meetings.
- Complete all required training and development programs.
Job Requirements
| General Requirements | None |
| Work Experience | Ordained person, as determined and indicated by their denomination, or trained and experienced lay person. Active member of an area congregation. Experience as pastor and/or chaplain. |
| Education | High School Diploma or GED. Associate's degree preferred. Clinical Pastoral Education, one or more units, especially in hospital setting, preferred. |
| Specialized Knowledge and Skills | Strong interpersonal skills, including appropriate boundaries. Ability to work with an interdisciplinary team. Demonstrates the ability to obtain information on the teaching and practices of the religion of those served. Demonstrates the ability to successfully interact with the diverse population the hospital serves. Ability to respond to pages immediately by phone and be contacted by phone. Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially listening skills. Basic computer skills. |
University of Michigan Health - Sparrow is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Job Family
Administrative/Clerical
Requirements:
| Shift | Variable |
| Degree Type / Education Level | High School / GED |
| Status | Per Diem |
| Facility | Sparrow Hospital |
| Experience Level | Under 4 Years |
As Mid-Michigan’s premier healthcare organization and the region’s largest private employer, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow provides quality care to hundreds of thousands of people each year. With 526 providers at 115 sites of care across the region, Sparrow is your community health partner in Mid-Michigan, no matter what town or county you call home.
Our mission is to provide the best possible care to every patient, every time. What does that mean?
It means we bring critical care to rural communities. We keep your kids healthy at our primary care practices. We help you get active at our fitness and recreation centers in Lansing and Charlotte. We provide world-class care to patients fighting cancer at the flagship Herbert-Herman Cancer Center and deliver the most advanced treatment for a healthy heart at the Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute. We welcome your new little ones into the world at the Mother Baby Center, where we deliver 4,000 babies a year. And we provide the best emergency care in Mid-Michigan as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.
We’re committed to providing the best care for patients like you — and your family and friends in Mid-Michigan — because supporting the health of our community is what matters to us most.
Founded
1896
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lansing, Michigan
As Mid-Michigan’s premier healthcare organization and the region’s largest private employer, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow provides quality care to hundreds of thousands of people each year. With 526 providers at 115 sites of care across the region, Sparrow is your community health partner in Mid-Michigan, no matter what town or county you call home.
Our mission is to provide the best possible care to every patient, every time. What does that mean?
It means we bring critical care to rural communities. We keep your kids healthy at our primary care practices. We help you get active at our fitness and recreation centers in Lansing and Charlotte. We provide world-class care to patients fighting cancer at the flagship Herbert-Herman Cancer Center and deliver the most advanced treatment for a healthy heart at the Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute. We welcome your new little ones into the world at the Mother Baby Center, where we deliver 4,000 babies a year. And we provide the best emergency care in Mid-Michigan as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.
We’re committed to providing the best care for patients like you — and your family and friends in Mid-Michigan — because supporting the health of our community is what matters to us most.
Founded
1896
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lansing, Michigan
