Pastoral/Spiritual Associate

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

• Department: Mission Effectiveness

• Schedule: PRN

• On call support for one night per week & one weekend per month

• Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts

• Location: Jefferson City, MO

Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our Pastoral/Spiritual Associate roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.

Daily Pay : Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

Job Summary:

Visits patients, assesses their needs, interacts with families and other hospital staff for the good of the patient. Facilitates chapel services. Responds to all codes and crisis calls.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Visits patients, families and staff. Prepares daily census sheets for the department.

• Prepares for chapel services.

• Coordinates all sacramental/liturgical ministry within the hospital and documents what is necessary.

• Refers patients, families, and staff to chaplains, priests and ministers, as needed.

• Sends sympathy cards to families of deceased patients.

• Participates in and plans for memorial services.

• Responds to all codes.

• Covers on call shifts as assigned.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• One year of pastoral experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

Department:

8471000011 Mission Effectiveness

Work Shift:

On Call Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

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