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Supervisory Chaplain
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Supervisory Chaplain serves as Service (Department) Chief and provides pastoral counseling and treatment to Veteran patients, patient's families, and staff in various inpatient and outpatient settings. The Supervisory Chaplain provides comprehensive religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all persons that are commensurate with the needs, desires, and voluntary consent of the Veteran, caregiver, or staff.
What You'll Do
- →The Supervisory Chaplain 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 chaplain services.
- →The Supervisory Chaplain: Serves as the Supervisory Chaplain professional providing comprehensive, religious ministry services to Veteran patients according to their specific needs and desires.
- →Provides thorough guidance and advice to Chaplain Service management staff, other Chaplains, and other stakeholders.
- →Provides supervision for the chaplaincy program of a major faith ministry which is highly integrated into VHA's Chaplain program.
- →Manages and supervises the full spectrum of chaplaincy service operations.
- →Supervises non-supervisory and supervisory professional staff at the GS-12 level or below.
- →Manages a moderately complex to very complex chaplain service program with identified specialty chaplains working in (Hospice and Palliative Care, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Residential and Outpatient programs, Substance Use Disorder Clinics, Cancer Treatment Clinics, Women's Health Clinics, Spinal Cord Injury Clinics, etc.
- →Performs supervisory and non-supervisory assignments consisting of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, and variety.
- →Supervises the professional practice of all facility chaplains and provides chaplaincy services and programming.
- →Manages and oversees all religious and spiritual care and provides counsel to facility leadership concerning religious expression.
- →Develops local policy, productivity, and clinical practice standards.
- →Oversees a chaplaincy program at this level is carefully integrated throughout the total care and treatment program to further the mission of the VHA facility.
- →Oversees pastoral ministry, including intensive pastoral counseling, close integral working relationships with other staff disciplines, and active community liaison.
- →Serves as the Supervisory Chaplain expert participant with other specialists as a fully recognized member of an interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT).
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.
Benefits
- ★Duties Continued: Provides referrals for continuity of spiritual care.
- ★Conducts and arranges for religious worship services in chapels and at other locations for patients that are unable to attend regular chapel services.
- ★Interacts and maintains cooperative relationships with Medical Center personnel, family, local clergy, individuals, and groups in the community.
- ★Coordinates with community organizations to ensure the provision of comprehensive spiritual care, including interested community organizations, local clubs, church groups, special agencies, business organizations, and other stakeholders, to sustain the necessary links with the outside community.
- ★Administers ordinances, rites, or sacraments; prepares and delivers sermons; arranges for the atmosphere and symbolism of worship; and conducts funeral services when needed.
- ★Provides religious instruction for patients through various means, such as individual or group discussion, Bible classes, instructional classes, and tutoring for courses completed by correspondence.
- ★Provides routine personal visits, special visits, and new patient interviews based on requests and referrals/consults.
- ★Conducts friendly visitation, ritual and bedside administration of sacraments, or pastoral counseling.
- ★Communicates effectively, both in writing and verbally, with persons of varied backgrounds to prepare Chaplain Service-related policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines on the service delivery area. 20% Patient Care
Personality Fit
Job ID: a36ef9f2-3dcf-49b1-a3ab-d9bdfc1700d3
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