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Chaplain
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
About the Role
The position provides services within various settings, including Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics and domiciliary 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, patient's families and staff in various inpatient and outpatient settings. The incumbent serves as a Chaplain professional for the VHA.
What You'll Do
- →Duties Include but not limited to: 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.
- →Engage as a spiritual leader, a compassionate listener and counselor, especially during times of crisis.
- →Provides emotional support and counseling using empathy and strong interpersonal skills to effectively connect with people of all ages.
- →Ensures assignments are carried out in a pluralistic environment, which encompasses sensitivity to the religious needs of many separate religious denominations and faith groups.
- →Leads and offers prayers and religious services for Veteran patients, patient families, staff, and community.
- →Conduct rituals in front of groups of people, which requires effective leadership and public speaking skills.
- →Uses leadership skills to lead prayer and religious services.
- →Addresses the religious, spiritual, moral, and ethical problems of patients and staff.
- →Provides counseling services to patients and staff.
- →Conducts regular rounds of hospital wards where patients are 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.
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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5f34ffd7-9c3f-47ad-9af1-24172c603bf5
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