OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincolns promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are Americas Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
Come Join Our Team of Chaplains who provide a complete range of spiritual care ministries to veterans and their families. Such ministry will encompass all aspects of pastoral care, assuring that the religious, spiritual, moral and ethical issues faced by veterans are addressed as part of the holistic care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Chaplains work in an interfaith environment as members of a pluralistic chaplaincy.
This is a part-time (20 hours a week) position for a Staff Chaplain at the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan.
- The chaplain will be scheduled for on-call duty outside of the regularly scheduled tour of duty. While on-call, the chaplain will carry a pager and will immediately respond to calls from medical center staff.
- Provides for the religious and spiritual needs of Veterans according to their needs and desires.
Assesses religious, spiritual, moral and ethical problems of patients and plans and provides appropriate ministry - Relocation expense are not authorized.
- The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides outstanding health care for our nations Veterans. VA Core Values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence = I CARE
Applicants who applied under Vacancy Announcement 873366 must re-apply under this announcement to be considered.
- KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a US Citizen
- You will be required to serve a trial period of 1 year
- Must have an ecclesiastical endorsement
The Chaplain primary duties includes and not limited to:
- Provides for the religious and spiritual needs of Veterans according to their needs and desires.
- Assesses religious, spiritual, moral and ethical problems of patients and plans and provides appropriate ministry including individual in-depth pastoral ministry.
- Leads worship services, provides sacraments and ministers to family members.
- The chaplain assures that all patients have opportunities for free exercise of religion.
- Serves as spiritual counselor to patients on ethical and moral matters including problems of conscience and family and marital differences.
- Patients served include: inpatients and outpatients, newly admitted, pre- and post-operative patients, the critically ill, traumatic brain injured, the terminally ill, homeless, nursing home, substance abuse, spinal cord injured, psychiatric, and families/significant others.
- The chaplain gives special attention to religious and spiritual needs of patients in crisis. The chaplain will locate other chaplains and/or persons from the community to provide for patients religious needs that he or she cannot meet. Evaluates patients needs and documents care provided in electronic medical records.
- Cooperates with professional health care providers to plan and carry out patient care. Maintains relationships with the larger community which support the Medical Center mission; and responds to emergency needs of patients and family members.
- The work emphasizes an ecumenical, team approach to assignments.
To be considered for this position applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
- Ecclesiastical Endorsement: An ecclesiastical endorsement, dated within the past 12 months, from the official national endorsing authority of your faith group/denomination. An ecclesiastical endorsement is the written official statement by the endorsing body certifying that you are in good standing with the faith group or denomination and that you, in the opinion of the endorsing body, are qualified to provide the full range of ministry required in the VAs pluralistic setting.
- Ecclesiastical Endorsements are only accepted from the endorsing official designated by the faith group. The list of endorsing officials is online at the VA Chaplain website: www.va.gov/chaplain
- Choose "employment information" then scroll down to the list. If your faith group is not on the list contact John Batten at 757-728-7062.
- Education: A Master of Divinity from an accredited institution or the equivalent. Equivalent education is a bachelors degree from an accredited institution plus at least 70 graduate semester hours which included all of the following: at least 20 semester hours in pastoral ministry; 20 semester hours in any combination of theology, ethics, and philosophy of religion; 20 semester hours in the study of sacred writings, including the study of languages in which sacred writings are written; and 10 semester hours in religious history and/or world religions.
- Clinical Pastoral Education: In addition to the education requirement, applicants must have completed at least 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) [as defined by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), or the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP)]. 800 hours of supervised ministry in a formal training program which incorporated both ministry formation and pastoral care skills development may be substituted for the required CPE.
- Experience: At least two years of ministry experience. At least one year of this experience must have followed completion of the Master of Divinity or equivalent education. Experience during graduate education may count for up to one year of the three years of required experience. Completion of a doctoral degree directly related to pastoral ministry may be substituted for one year of this experience.
- English Language Competency: All applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- Selective Service Registration: By law, all males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service (the military draft) or have a valid exemption
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show proof that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
- If you are a Veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming Veterans preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point Veterans preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on Veterans preference see http://www.usajobs.gov/veteranscenter
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/ ).
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible see http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ictap. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position.
All applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated by the Board of Excepted Service Examiners to determine the degree to which the documents provided demonstrate that the applicant has the following competencies:
- Determining patients pastoral, religious, spiritual, situational, moral and ethical issues/needs by active listening, ministry of presence, and pastoral support.
- Communicating health care information to individuals, groups, patients, treatment teams
- Displaying initiative, organizing and planning work
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with individuals.
- Working effectively with chaplains of other faiths. Performing liaison between the health care facility and religious and civic communities
- Relating well to people from varied backgrounds and religious faiths; demonstrating sensitivity to diversities of race, gender, age, color, national origin, disabilities, sexual orientation and culture
- Assuring that all patients have opportunities for free exercise of religion. Demonstrating flexibility and innovation in finding ways to accommodate patients religious needs
- Protecting patients from proselytizing.
- Demonstrating by example that the organization does not favor any faith group, or religion as opposed to non-religion
- Providing pastoral care and support for patients, relatives and significant others in a health care facility who have a wide variety of mental/social/spiritual/physical needs, including providing care in emergencies
- Performing sacraments, rituals, ordinances, and worship services as appropriate to meet the needs of patients of the faith group by which the individual is endorsed
- Documenting care in medical records
Applicants will be given a numerical score between 70 and 100. The numerical score is based on the totality of relevant competencies. It is not determined by summing scores on each competency. Those Veterans who are entitled to preference will get either 5 or 10 points added. Applicants will be referred to the medical center for final consideration in score order. The medical center must select from among the highest three applicants.
Country: USA, State: Michigan, City: Saginaw, Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.
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