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Spiritual Care Chaplain Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: University Hospital
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Spiritual Care volunteers assist the hospital's professional chaplain by making assigned rounds to patients, families and staff. The volunteer becomes an additional referral source to alert the chaplain of follow-up needs a patient or family may have. The goal is to create an environment where spiritual, emotional and physical healing can occur.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide excellent customer service - Volunteers should be self-motivated, engaged, friendly, and comfortable talking to patients/visitors
- Actively contribute to creating a friendly, welcoming and safe environment for UH guests
- Communicates clearly to ensure understanding
- Responds to inquiries immediately whenever possible
- Meets or exceeds customer expectations for service
- Acts as a role model for customer service
- Maintains professional demeanor
- Sign in and out of shift
- Improve patient experience
- Offers empathetic listening and supportive presence
- Offers prayer and/or appropriate readings only when mutually agreed upon by the patient and/or family
- Notifies the patient's faith community if the patient so desires and grants permission
Spiritual Care Chaplains does not....
- Give advice or proselytize
- Attempt to "fix" the patient's problems
- Become involved in the patient's physical care
- Become involved in legal or ethical issues or promote his/her own religious beliefs
- Share his/her own personal problems, emotional needs, or health experiences
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About University Hospital
Location:
150 Bergen Street, C-435, Newark, NJ 07101, US
Mission Statement
n/a
Description
Volunteers visit newly admitted in-patients to the hospital and assist in creating a positive patient care enviroment.
Customer Service is our top priority at University Hospital at this time. The Friendly Visitor Program is a program where volunteers are recruited to offer our patients a friendly visit. Assist with any concerns or questions a newly admitted patient might have. Volunteers will confirm with the Nurse Manager on your assigned unit as to which patient(s) can have a visit. You will become familiar with various departments within the hospital, Perform errands for assigned patients within the hospital, direct all complaints to the Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse or proper department.
CAUSE AREAS
Faith-Based,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
150 Bergen StSpiritual Care ServicesNewark, NJ 07103
(40.74196 ,-74.190506 )
DATE POSTED
December 9, 2024
SKILLS
- Crisis Counseling
- Healthcare
- Spiritual Healing
- Critical Thinking
- Multi-Tasking
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Morning, Afternoon and overnight shifts available.
- Medical Clearance, Training, Attendance to orientation