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Chaplain
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 123 days ago
About the Role
The position provides services within various settings, including Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics & domiciliaries throughout the United States. Most Chaplain services are usually provided in a medical facility structure. Serves as a primary resource, spiritual advisor & point of contact for the spiritual needs of patients, caregivers, & staff .
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a Chaplain professional providing complete religious ministry services to Veteran patients according to their specific needs and desires.
- →Serves as a primary resource, spiritual advisor and point of contact for the spiritual needs of patients, caregivers, and staff.
- →Conducts religious services and worship, pastoral ministry, and administration of Chaplain services under the direct supervision and guidance of a higher-grade chaplain.
- →Engages as a spiritual leader, a compassionate listener and counselor especially during times of crisis.
- →Provides emotional support and counseling using strong interpersonal skills to effectively connect with people of all ages with empathy.
- →Offers prayers and religious services for Veterans patients, staff, and community.
- →Conducts rituals in front of groups of people including leading prayers, requiring effective leadership and public speaking skills.
- →Addresses religious, spiritual, moral, and ethical problems of patients and staff under the direct supervision and guidance of a higher-grade chaplain for complex non-routine issues.
- →Provides counseling services to patients and staff and conducts regular rounds of hospital wards containing the critically ill.
- →Ministers to newly admitted, pre- and post-operative patients, the critically ill, and the families of concerned veteran patients.
- →Provides advance care planning education, information, and counsel for patients and their families.
- →Provides pastoral ministry to patients of his/her faith group, including conscientious attention during emergencies and crises.
- →Ensures all patients are provided opportunities for the free exercise of religion and that Veterans are protected from proselytizing and coercion from any source.
- →Serves as a fully recognized member of an integrated multi-professional treatment team.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 2106597c-bc98-41ba-8564-04ef24107bcf
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