Director of Pastoral Care & CPE Education

Company: Baptist Health
Location: Miami
Posted on: March 8, 2025

Job Description:

Baptist Health South Florida is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization with 12 hospitals, more than 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians, and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities, and physician practices spanning across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Baptist Health has internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences. Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and committed to its faith-based charitable mission of medical excellence.Our mission, vision, and values make us who we are at Baptist Health and are at the center of everything we do. At Baptist Health, we positively impact the human experience for patients, employees, and physicians. Our success comes from a culture of quality and dedication that is instilled into every member of the Baptist Health family.This year, and for 24 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, based on employee feedback. We've also been recognized as one of America's Most Innovative Companies and People Magazine included us in 50 Companies That Care. Based on the U.S. News & World Report 2024-2025 Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health is the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, with its hospitals and institutes earning 45 high-performing honors.But really, the reason we're excited to come to work is the people.Working together, we form personal connections with our colleagues that are stronger than most of us have experienced at other jobs. We develop caring relationships with our patients and their families that go beyond just delivering healthcare. After all, we know what it's like to be in their shoes. Many of us have been patients here and have had family members as patients here. We're committed to delivering quality care in the most compassionate way possible because we feel a personal stake in the outcomes. When it comes to caring for people, we're all in.Description:Responsible for leadership and management of Pastoral Care Department at the hospital level through policy and procedure development as well as program design. Articulate the vision and mission of BHSF and develop annual management goals and strategic program objectives for the Department of Pastoral Care in coordination with the Assistant Vice-President for Pastoral Care. Establish and maintain an ongoing process improvement program for clinical process review and quality management. Engage, promote, and collaborate with research projects to advance the spiritual care programming and religious-medical partnerships. Provide educational opportunities, supervise and evaluate the performance of CPE Interns, Chaplain Residents, and Certified Educator Candidates in coordination and under the direction of the systems Director of CPE. Develop and manage annual budget for the Department in coordination with the Assistant Vice-President for Pastoral Care. Assure availability of timely, around the clock coverage (24/7) of pastoral care to hospital patients, staff, and their families through in-house coverage and on-call support. Ensure that adequate and contextually relevant worship services, prayer services, support groups are available to hospital patients, visitors, and staff. Establish and maintain a mechanism to keep track of chaplain visitation and activities, endorse acceptable staff productivity levels, and provide regular reports to the Assistant Vice-President for Pastoral Care Services. Enforce proper documentation of all pastoral care interventions with patients on the medical record according to departmental policy. Responsible for management and coordination of the hospital's Employee Sunshine Fund, the pastoral care components of the Financial Assistance program, and the clergy discount program. Participate in the Hospital's Clinical Bioethics Committee and the Baptist Health's System Ethics Committee.Qualifications:--- Master of Divinity (U.S. or foreign equivalent) or equiv. theological degree--- 3 years of experience in same or related occupation.--- Certification by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).--- Ecclesiastical endorsement in Good Standing.--- Travel: Day trips (or fractions thereof) required approximately 3-5 times per month within Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties for business meetings or to assist with training of students and residents.BHSF requires pre-employment physical, drug screen and background check (including a criminal background check).
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