Atlantic Health System is seeking a full-time Chaplain/Priest for the Spiritual Care department at Overlook Medical Center, which is for 37.5 hours per week, requiring flexibility in work schedule. Occasionally, he will be called to the bedside during the night.

Responsible for providing spiritual care to patients, their families, and staff. Supports management and initiatives for both pastoral bedside services as well as the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program. Provides religious counseling and supportive care and guidance.

Principal Accountabilities

• Primarily responsible in seeing Catholic patients newly admitted, especially those in specialized areas – Pre-surgical, Intensive Care, Cardiac Care, Emergency Room, Infusion (Cancer) Center, Isolation, and Oncology

• Responsible for the administration of sacraments and the religious needs of Catholic patients – Sacrament of the Sick, Reconciliation, Confession, Baptism, etc.

• Offers patients the opportunity to receive Communion with the assistance of the eucharistic ministers

• Responsible in recruiting, organizing, and training eucharistic ministers and documenting their services in Epic

• Assists patients and families at time of crisis – prolonged and terminal illness, death, times of fear, depression, and loneliness

• Available to hospital staff for counseling and support

• Celebrates the mass as scheduled

• Responsible for planning and conducting liturgical celebrations/ceremonies for our Catholic population in the hospital

• Documents in Epic all patient visits and other services rendered

• Willingly assists the department in providing spiritual care to patients who are non-Catholic

• Attends to requests or referrals in a timely manner

• Supports the CPE Program being conducted through the Spiritual Care Department

• Reports directly to the Spiritual Care Manager

Required:

• Ordained Roman Catholic priest.

• Master’s degree in related discipline

• Completion of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) by a nationally accredited body.

• Obtained faculty or good standing from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark to perform religious duties in the hospital.

Preferred:

• Completion of minimum of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) by a nationally accredited body.

• Board certified by a nationally accrediting body.

• Experience working in hospital or healthcare setting.

• Bilingual in Spanish.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice

• Atlantic Mobile Health

• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years

• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare

• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare

• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review

• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP

• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets

• NJ Sustainable Business

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.