Resident-Pastoral Education

Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Feb 27, 2025
Job Details Participate in all activities and group work of the Clinical Pastoral Education Program, complete all required readings and written work, provide spiritual care to patients/families/staff on assigned units or by referrals through Spiritual Care, provide overnight and weekend on-call coverage in rotation with others. The chaplain must apply what they are learning in the CPE Education Program in order to make judgements concerning the spiritual/emotional needs of persons and decisions about how to assist those persons as a chaplain either directly or indirectly. Residents must communicate in the context of the other person's frame of reference and language skills. The Chaplain Resident must work as a professional, interact as part of the interdisciplinary care team, and chart as directed and appropriate in the patient's medical record. Must be able to relate comfortably and supportively with CPE peers, patients and their families, physicians, and department and hospital employees at all levels of management, and from diverse backgrounds. Job Description College degree Some theological education or counseling education, with a Master's degree preferred. Prior unit of CPE preferred, with evidence of having met first level outcomes. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Experience working with people of diverse faiths and cultures is strongly preferred Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Primary Location Address 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.