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Chaplain
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The incumbent serves as a Chaplain professional for the VHA. The incumbent provides religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all persons that are commensurate with the needs, desires, and voluntary consent of the Veteran, caregiver, or staff. The incumbent addresses the spiritual component of health and wellness in every patient care setting to ensure that pastoral care is fully integrated into all aspects of service.
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.
- →Engages 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.
- →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 coercing from any source.
- →Serves as a fully recognized member of an integrated multi-professional treatment team.
- →Maintains liaison with physicians, medical officers, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, or others involved to exchange information relative to the background and current condition of patients.
- →Supervises, trains and coaches volunteer groups who offer their services as assistants as needed.
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 dentification 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: 9f1ee3d1-1bb4-483c-939a-3cb1e36956b4
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