Req #: 242428

Department: HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $23.57 per hour

Shift: Alternate Work Shift

The Harborview Medical Center – Spiritual Care Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Clinical Spiritual Care Provider .

WORK SCHEDULE • Per Diem / On-Call - minimum 4 shifts per month • Rotating/Variable Shift

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The mission of the Department of Spiritual Care is to provide high quality, cross-culturally sensitive spiritual care to patients, families and staff of Harborview Medical Center as well as to provide a program of pastoral education to clergy, theological students, and qualified lay persons in the hospital and the larger community which the Medical Center serves.

The vision of the Department of Spiritual Care is to offer patients, families, students, and staff the opportunity to embrace the spiritual component of health, illness, and death. With empathy and compassion, we are called to be a tangible spiritual caring presence and/or a representation of God’s/Spirit’s love, hope, and forgiveness. We recognize diversity of cultures and spiritual needs by the multi-faith nature of our ministry and by our partnerships with many cultural and spiritual traditions. Drawing on the resources of the greater faith community, we foster a supportive learning environment to better serve those in need.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES • Be an active listener. Show that you care by being positive, supportive, discrete, respectful, friendly, easy to talk to, courteous, and welcoming • Complete an entry into the patient’s electronic medical record after each clinical encounter. In addition, when carrying the on-call pager, chaplains must keep an accurate record in the on-call log • Maintain patient confidentiality

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS • Master's Degree of Divinity or equivalent • Have completed at least one unit of CPE in the ACPE Program, or equivalent. Equivalency will be determined by ACPE Supervisor(s) • Received recommendation of ACPE supervisor • Written verbatim of best work submitted to Department Manager

ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion. Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.