Chaplain Resident - Pastoral Care Education

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Level 2 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

Lakeland Regional Health is currently seeking motivated individuals to join our team in various entry-level positions. Whether you're starting your career in healthcare or seeking new opportunities to make a difference, we have roles available across our primary and specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and upcoming standalone Emergency Department. With over 7,000 employees, Lakeland Regional Health offers a supportive work environment where you can thrive and grow professionally.

Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off

Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), the CPE Residents are expected to actively participate in Lakeland Regional Health’s residency training program, which includes completing all written requirements, reading assignments, and engaging actively in class with the goal of completing the educational requirements for chaplaincy certification while providing spiritual care to patients, their families, and the staff.

• Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
• Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
• Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.

• Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
• Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
• Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.

• Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
• Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.

People At The Heart Of All We Do

• Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
• Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
• Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
• Safety And Performance Improvement
  • Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
  • Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
  • Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
  • Stewardship
  • Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
  • Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
  • Standard Work: Chaplain Resident
  • Attentively respond to the spiritual needs of patients, their families, and the staff throughout Lakeland Regional Health. Providing support to everyone regardless of their religious or spiritual tradition.
  • The CPE Resident assesses patients' needs; provides spiritual, emotional, religious, and existential support in diverse clinical settings.
  • Coordinates and collaborates with other professionals in providing pastoral/spiritual care
  • Perform as a liaison with local Priests and community clergy.
  • Performs religious rituals such as baptisms, blessings, and anointing of the sick (when appropriate) related to the care of patients, their families, and staff.
  • The CPE Resident functions as a team member of the Department of Pastoral Services and throughout Lakeland Regional Health, establishing collaborative relationships with the interdisciplinary care team and other professionals, and actively participates in department initiatives.
  • All CPE Residents participates in the overnight, weekend, and holiday on-call shifts.
  • Consult with staff members on a patient’s beliefs or customs that affect treatment and responsiveness to treatment.
  • Provide written documentation for the patient chart.
  Advocate with the staff to refer patients to Pastoral Services to provide support for the patient’s spiritual and emotional needs.
  
  
  

Essential:

• Ability to provide excellent pastoral/spiritual care.
• Interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to problem-solve, make-decisions, and manage conflict effectively.
• Skills in following instructions, policies and procedures.
• Ability to use technology and computer applications such as MS Word, Outlook, and the LRH electronic medical record.
• Ability to incorporate operational and integrated knowledge of the field in making pastoral/spiritual assessments and in documentation in the patient’s electronic medical record.
• Ability to listen, read, write, and communicate effectively.
• Ability to understand the unique problems of, and deal effectively with, the sick, and the aged.
• Ability to work in cooperation with community clergy members of all faiths.
Ability to maintain investment in learning for personal and professional growth.

Essential:

• Master Degree
• 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from any ACPE CPE Centers.

Essential:

• Masters Level Theological degree from an institution accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.