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Chaplain
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
About the Role
Incumbent serves as a Chaplain in Chaplain Service, within Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System in Prescott, AZ. The Chaplain conducts spiritual assessments to identify patient strengths and needs and creates plans for care in response to the moral injuries and spiritual distress of patients. Incumbent provides crisis intervention and stabilization as required.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Provides intensive and extended pastoral counseling as an integral part of the treatment program, with patients facing complex moral, ethical, or spiritual problems.
- →May be assigned administrative responsibility to independently develop and implement programs and curriculum.
- →Accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns, which may include research and leadership of clinical teams.
- →Provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned chaplain staff.
- →Other duties may be assigned as deemed necessary by Supervisor to ensure efficient daily operations.
- →For all assignments above the journey level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), range of variety, and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Why VA Chaplaincy?
- →Mission-Driven Ministry Make a meaningful impact by helping Veterans navigate life's most profound challenges-grief, trauma, moral injury, and end-of-life transitions.
- →Collaborative Environment Work alongside physicians, nurses, social workers, and mental health professionals as a respected member of the care team.
- →Pluralistic Ministry Serve in a diverse environment that honors and supports a wide range of religious and spiritual traditions.
- →Professional Growth Access continuing education, specialty certification opportunities, and mentorship through VA's national Chaplain Center.
- →Clinical Variety Offer care in specialized settings such as palliative care, mental health, hospice, and Whole Health programs.
- →Comprehensive Benefits Enjoy a competitive salary, generous paid leave, federal retirement, health insurance, and work-life balance.
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: 7e92969b-e7ab-44d3-9025-6eeff8ad8ab7
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