Associate Chaplain

• Location: Murfreesboro, TN
• Facility: Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
• Department: Pastoral Spiritual Care
• Schedule: Day Shift l PRN

• Provide religious and spiritual care and counsel for emotional and spiritual distress to patients, their families, associates and others with attention to diverse spiritual orientations and cultures.
• Assess, provide, and document pastoral care to patients, families and staff.
• Provide appropriate pastoral care to the local ministry and community through prayer and blessings.
• Provide consultation to patients, families, and medical staff with ethical decision making and values while making appropriate referrals as needed.
• Assist in planning, organizing, evaluating, and implementing the spiritual program with each local ministry in order to ensure spirituality initiatives are executed properly.

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• None Required.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree in Theology, Religious Studies, Human Behavior or a related field preferred.
• One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by the ACPE required.
• Two units of Clinical Pastoral Education accredited by the ACPE preferred.