Palliative Care | Palliative Chaplain II

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Category Education
Job Description
Palliative Care Chaplain responsibilities include: trauma-informed communication, meaning-centered and dignity-based interventions, spiritual assessment and counseling, supporting complex family dynamics, cultural and religious considerations in medical decisions, end-of-life rituals and transition support.

Requirements

  • Master's of Divinity from an accredited theological seminary and ordination as a priest, minister, or rabbi
  • current ecclesiastical endorsement or endorsement eligibility
  • four (4) units of clinical pastoral education approved by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, or the National Jewish Welfare board, or equivalent clinical experience
  • one year of pastoral experience
  • excellent verbal communication skills
  • excellent relational, collegial and interdisciplinary skills
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