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Chaplain (CPE Educator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The position provides services within various settings, including Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics, and Domicilliaries throughout the United States. Most Chaplain services are usually provided in a medical facility structure. The CS provides pastoral counseling and treatment to Veteran patients, patients' families, and staff in various inpatient and outpatient settings.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as the certified chaplain (CPE) providing comprehensive, religious ministry services and training to veteran patients and students according to their specific needs.
- →Carries out an education ministry with the CPE center, which is highly integrated into the VHA's chaplain program.
- →Provides thorough guidance and advice to chaplain service management staff, students, other chaplains, and stakeholders.
- →Manages the daily operations of the CPE center and develops and implements program policies and procedures.
- →Serves as a certified educator of record for all CPE students for an assigned designated area.
- →Provides administrative oversight and programmatic resources and monitors educational outcomes.
- →Offers students an opportunity to develop and expand professional caring skills in a clinical setting to address a person's spiritual, emotional, and physical needs; and offers students experience with hands on spiritual care for hospitalized patients.
- →Maintains records for all educator evaluations, student records, center portfolio, and CPE accreditation requirements, which may include off-site CPE satellite and placement contracts.
- →Seeks approval for allied health trainee positions through the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA).
- →Conducts recruitment and interviews and selects students for the program.
- →Ensures all documentation is completed for compliance.
- →Develops educational curricula that are measurable, outcome oriented, and evidence based and designed to meet board certification competencies.
- →Develops relationships with key staff related to the program e.g.
- →Clinical preceptors, advisory group members, and OAA staff.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0bd9a32b-87d2-43b1-8d82-d27eb6110c0b
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