What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Chaplain position at Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County?
Division : Eskenazi Health
Sub-Division : Hospital
Req ID : 22558
Schedule : Part Time
Shift : Nights
Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Job Role Summary
The Associate Chaplain provides ministerial services, commensurate with incumbent's own spiritual traditions. This position provides respectful post-mortem care for decedents and their families, and conducts other morgue-related tasks including body releases and routine post-mortem paperwork.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health mission : Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi Health values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development, and Excellence.
- Provides general coverage for the health system as needed or assigned.
- Provides spiritual counseling to those in need
- Provides ministerial services, commensurate with incumbent's own spiritual tradition
- Secures provision of ministerial services for those with differing spiritual traditions
- Provides religious programming as needed in the Sanctuary, and assists in maintenance of the space.
- Provides respectful post-mortem care for decedents and their families, and conducts other morgue-related tasks including body releases and routine post-mortem paperwork
- Coordinates / implements Spiritual Care response in crisis situations
- Assists, as needed, with management of 'Haven of Hope' family respite rooms
- Supervises volunteers and students operating within the department
- Provides assistance in matters related to Advanced Directives
- Provides assistance in matters related to organ, tissue, and eye donation
- Advocates on behalf of patients in the absence of a Patient Advocate
Job Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana's best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute, Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.
