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CLINICAL STAFF CHAPLAIN
Summary
Ordained, Staff Clinical Chaplain, Expert, Gold Star Wife, effective at working with Veterans from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and traumatizing situations. Passionate about providing meaningful care and support services to all clients. Works effectively with Veteran patients and families experiencing medical crises, providing pastoral care counseling and spiritual care as they navigate difficult grief and spiritually emotionally-draining situations. Bring the resources of religion and spiritual faith through means of pastoral care to Veterans struggling with meaning and purpose of life.
Skills

Patient-focused care

Trustworthy companion

emotional support

Compassionate

Efficient and reliable

team player

Adaptable

Crisis intervention techniques

Treatment and discharge planning

Intervention/Treatment

    MST / PTSD training

    Suicide Prevention Awareness 

    Tele-Chaplaincy

    End of Life Issues

    Mental Health Care

    Women VA Health

    Crisis intervention techniques

    Treatment and discharge planning

    Culturally sensitive

Work History
HcaClinical Staff Chaplain | Knoxville , TN | October 2016 - Current

Supervisor: Chief Patrick Adejoh 573-814-6000

Title:  Intermittent Chaplain 10/2016 thru 12/2016 (35+ hrs.)

Title: Clinical Staff Chaplain -Part Time  12/2017 thru present (16+ hr.)

  • Provide a complete religious ministry to Veterans and their families.
  • Performed daily rounds, interviewing patients.
  • Assessed patient spiritual needs by actual tools assessment.
  • Objectively assessed psychological and mental relationships of patients formulating plan.
  • Used holistic appreciation such as identity, faith, gender, and spirituality to relate to Mental Health patients.
  • Utilized spiritual interventions such as faith healing, prayer and meditation when appropriate.
  • Planned care in various care settings which included : Inpatient clinics, Emergency Room (ER), Out-patient  Clinics, MH Clinics, and Palliative Care Clinics, etc.
  • Evaluated religious, spiritual, moral and ethical concerns.
  • Planned of appropriate ministration included in-depth pastoral ministry care, developing a spiritual assessment,
  • Made communal for other interdisciplinary staff to procure.
  • Not only provided intensive pastoral counseling fitting to the unique need of the veteran patient, but also extended the pastoral care to family members.
  • Researched and looked for outside resources within the community that contribute to the fostering of pastoral needs.
  • Organized clinical interventions and treatment plans for patients suffering from chronic pain disorders.
  • Connected clients with community service and resource agencies.
  • Single handedly performed all spiritual care needs of Truman VA Hospital from November 2016 through December 2016.
  • Improved outcomes of patients with psychiatric and co-morbid chronic pain conditions by interventions of prayer, and faith and spiritual meditation and Scripture.
  • Assessed over 100 patients with substance dependence Abuse disorders.
  • Mediated conflicts within families to clarify and resolve underlying issues pertaining to faith and end of life issues.
  • Observed and monitored client behavior creating intensive spiritual assessment.
  • Processed patient consults in timely manner to construct clinical notes  availability to other disciplinary staff.
  • Consult with other disciplinary staff to developed and implemented treatment plans and modified when needed.
  • Conducted therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions.
  • Pastor Sunday morning Worship Service.
  • Provides counseling that promotes effectiveness to help in dealing with emotions such as grief.
  • Explores with Veteran struggles about belief and faith, issues and struggles.
  • Explored with patients about belief and faith, seeing results of more hope and trust.
  • Worked with the families dealing with end of life situations; using  when appropriate, methods of interventions such as narratives, storytelling, providing results of  sense of peace and calmness.
  • Initiates relationship of care and support, providing counseling of Advance Directives to families experiencing 'end of life' issues.
  • Listened emphatically to understand the concerns of the Veteran which enabled appropriate intervening and treatment plans and counseling.
  • Conferred with other disciplinary departments such as Care-giving Dept, Travelers, Mental Health/Suicide Prevention and Home-Telehealth Departments to provide full service of care to the Veteran; requested their additional signatures on updates and planning notes; and consulting with nurses and physicians on best interest of the Veteran patient.
  • Initiated standards and measures to guard against any and all proselytizing, sending out letters to advising visiting clergy and communicating within Interdisciplinary staffing departments; and counsel with family when needed.
  • Responded timely to inpatient and outpatient consults issued; intervening and provided intensive counseling for positive outcome and results.
  • Detailed charting notes in CPRS electronic System Event Capture that other disciplinarians can follow.
  • Provided group counseling, mediated conflicts within families to clarify and resolve underlying issues especially concerning end of life issues.
  • Mediated conflicts within families to clarify and resolve underlying issues around faith and belief issues
  • Conducted spiritual focused therapeutic sessions.
  • Performed inter-faith services on psychiatric wards, and also ministered on the psychiatric wards on an individual basis whenever called upon.
  • Daily rounds to MICU and SDU -providing spiritual care to those with cancer, heart issues, the terminally ill and comforting their families.
  • Spiritual care visit w/family who just experienced a death and was able to be of comfort to them.
  • Documented all visits with patients in electronic charts.
  • Team player, providing coverage for other chaplains when during challenging situations.
  • Developed spiritual treatments plans.
  • Weekly one-hour MH Spiritual Health and Development Group Facilitating.
  • Organized clinical interventions and treatment plans for patients suffering from chronic pain disorders.
  • Served as a lead and only Clinical Chaplain November 2016 through December 2016.
  • During this period, providing all spiritual care assessment, consults, end of life counseling.
  • Interdisciplinary planning with skilled MH team and medical staff.
  • Improved outcomes of patients with psychiatric and co-morbid chronic pain conditions through prayer and meditation.
  • Assessed patients with substance dependence Abuse disorders.
  • Mediated conflicts within families to clarify and resolve underlying issues pertaining to faith and end of life issues.
  • Observed and monitored client behavior provide appropriate intensive spiritual care assessment.
  • Process patient consults in timely manner.
  • Considers other disciplinary staff when developing and implementing treatment plans and modified plans. such as Palliative Care, Suicide Intervention, Home Telehealth, Caregivers Program.
  • Conducted Spiritual therapeutic sessions and bereavement counseling concerning end of life issues.
  • Perform all quarterly Memorial Services in Chapel.
  • Assisted Voluntary Services with Memorial set-up.
  • Organized Memorial and Worship bulletins.
  • Continual engagement of one hour weekly personal growth mentoring with a Chief Chaplain.
University Of Texas M.D. AndersonSecretary/Chaplain | Houston , TX

Supervisor:  Larry Pack 704-825-9271

Title:  Secretary/Chaplain  

  • Reassure customers by providing information to educate them and provide our clients the resources necessary to help their situation.
  • Provide assistance to help clients every step of the way through the repair process from claims to service.
  • Counseling, pledge to provide excellent service and availability to keep families safe.intained productive relationships with vendors.
  • Created purchase orders.
  • Procured materials for special projects.
HcaGuardian Ad-Litem Advocate | Lawton , OK | January 2016 - September 2016

Supervisor:  Gerald Mack GAL District Administrator 704-852-3297  

Title:  CASA Guardian Ad-Litem Advocate (Voluntary) State of NC.  (20 hrs. wk.)

  • Advocated by representing and promoting the best interests of abused, neglected, and dependent children in the NC State court system.
  • Worked expediently toward a plan to ensure these children are in a safe, permanent home.
  • Acted and providing guidance, having capacity and capability to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense.
  • Interviewed, related to, and collaborate, with school officials, family members, law enforcement, Judicial Court, Dept. of Social Services etc.to safeguard child\\'s best interest.
  • Facilitated when appropriate, the settlement of disputed issues.
  • Initiated investigations to determine the facts, the needs of the juvenile, and the available resources within the family and community to meet those needs.
  • Offer evidence and examine witnesses at adjudication and explore options with the Court.
  • Conducted follow-up to insure that the orders of the Court are being properly executed.
  • Obtained reports from various agencies to make decisions.
  • Reported regularly to court my opinion pertinent to case.
  • Acted respectful and non- judgmental when relating to individuals with different religious beliefs, culture, race and ethnicity.
  • Provided written assessments and developed court reports to present to judge.
  • Accompanied juveniles to court.
  • Testified as reliable Legal Expert for Court.
Crisis Pregnancy Center Of Gaston CountyCounselor | City , STATE | September 2014 - April 2016

Supervisor: Nancy Calhoun 704- 867-3706

Title: Spiritual Counselor (Voluntary) 10 -15 hr. wk.

  • Support individuals and families struggling and in crisis situations, assisting them to find solutions to their problems.
  • Provide Counseling, prayer and solutions producing hope.
  • Comforting with Spiritual and emotional support, helping client to know that they are not alone.
  • Documented all interaction with client for file.
  • Consulted with clients when developing long term treatment plan goals and objectives.
  • Counseled clients to help them understand and overcome personal, social and behavioral problems.
  • Conducted one-on-one counseling sessions with mental health acute patents weekly.
Denver Veteran Affairs, Eastern Colorado HealthcareClinical Staff Chaplain | City , STATE | January 2011 - August 2013

Supervisor:  Lee M. Thompson -Chief Chaplain Services (Retired) 303-399-8020 Supervisor:  Joan Eitzen - Women Program Mgr.  (Retired) 303-399-8020 Supervisor:  Linda Rawers - Women Program Lead (Retired) 303)-603-3276 Title:  Chaplain Internship thru Chaplain Contractor (40+ hrs. wk.)

  • Make daily rounds to interview patients and evaluate the spiritual care needs of our veteran population.
  • Developed Spiritual Assessment, and treatment plan.
  • Once needs were identified, provided intensive pastoral counseling to support issues.
  • Provided spiritual interventions, such as faith healing, prayer, Biblical Study and meditation , etc
  • Ensured that Holistic Health care is a reality for all veterans and family.
  • Bring the resources of religion and spiritual faith through means of pastoral care to Veterans struggling with meaning and purpose of life, unresolved grief, guilt and remorse, loss of will to live, personal worth and hopelessness, Military Sexual Trauma, Homelessness, PTSD, Spiritual brokenness, Suicidal Ideation, Physical violence, etc. Provide effective ministry.
  • Planned and conducted appropriate rites as necessary.
  • Conferred with other Medical Center disciplinary staff and treatment teams concerning matters of religious belief, custom and tradition that affect the veteran\'s care.
  • Participated in weekly MST/PTSD awareness training conference call 1 hour.
  • Ongoing TMS training
  • Listened emphatically to concerns, engage with professionalism, always respectful of religious and spiritual beliefs.
  • Provide weekly Group from which the concerns emanate.
  • Maintain community outreach. Find resources in community that can support veteran when appropriate.
  • Performed and participated in invocations, funerals, and informational ceremonies.
  • Respond readily to provide pastoral care to all Consult requests from various departments quickly.
  • Document and chart all patient activity and experiences in electronic records CPRS/Event Capture.
  • Meet with patients and families members before and after surgerie.
  • Implemented prayer, counseling, biblical understanding, supportive resources during traumatizing moments.
  • Performed inter-faith services on psychiatric wards, and also ministered on psychiatric wards on individual basis whenever called upon.
  • Support ER providing spiritual care to traumatized and severely ill and provided care to their families.
  • Guard against any and all proselytizing on all levels to protect the patient.
  • Provided extensive counseling and pastoral care as the only VA Women Chaplain in Mental Health at this facility, providing care to both inpatient and outpatient clinics.
  • Performed one-hour weekly Interdisciplinary meetings  for a year, to create  a Pilot Program "Spiritual Telehealth" providing access of care to Veteran living in rural areas. 
  • Ministered to the staff offering prayer and counseling with them when requested.
  • Visited/Called family members who just experienced a death and was able to be of comfort to them. 
  • Documented visits with patients in their charts.  (Provided intensive pastoral counseling to victim of Aurora Theater shooting victim).
  • Provided regular weekly On-call.
  • Team player-Solicited advice and guidance from senior chaplain personnel and other experts when difficult or atypical situations developed; provide unexpected coverage for fellow peers. 
  • Monthly Invocations Mental Health Green Team Developed spiritual Assessments and treatments plans.
  • Conducted welfare calls to Police Dept. in the event of Suicidal Ideation and Collaborated with Suicide Prevention. Result: Intervened-death prevention and appropriate mental health care. 
  • Escorted Veteran outpatients to mental health department. Often times during face to face counseling with Veteran, observed patient escalation of SI.  Result: admission of Veteran into hospital for evaluation and prevention of self-harm.
  • Personal Growth Commitment:  Weekly one-hour scheduled mentoring sessions with Chief Chaplain developing clinical spiritual care skills and perfection of writing Spiritual Assessments clearly reflecting the encounters. 
  • Devoted extraordinary amount of time working with traumatized victims of Military Sexual through the Women Veteran Program. 
  • Documented and input all charting in CPRS/Event Capture.
  • Planned care in various care settings to include: Inpatient clinics, Emergency Room (ER), Out-patient  Clinics, MH Clinics, and Palliative Care Clinics, Women Veteran Program, etc.
  • Provided Memorial Services and special Veteran Services.
Colorado Christian Home At Tennyson CenterSupervisor Nurse Assistant | City , STATE | March 2002 - March 2007

Supervisor:  Daria Larsen (303) 433-254

Title: Nurse Assistant (25 hrs. wk.)

  •  Assist in assessing the mental, physical, and emotional status of our high at risk children; intake.
  • Engage and coordinate appropriate in-house and outreach services for medical needs.
  • Set appointments; set and implement transportation provision.
  • Collaborate w/disciplinary staff to ensure progress.
  • Written reports and file documentation of all events.
  • Transport and support children at appointments and off campus events.
  • Advocate as patient liaison, providing healthy relationships between patient and outside healthcare agencies, removing barriers.
  • Cared for patients in acute and chronic pain.
  • Assessed and managed follow-up plans.
  • Coordinated admissions and transfers in collaboration with the supervising attending physician.
  • Obtained and coordinated medical history of clients.
  • Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
  • Professionally and courteously verified appointment times with patients.
  • Prepared patient charts, pre-admissions and consent forms as necessary.
  • Responded appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.
  • Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress and concerns.
  • Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing
  • Transport and support children at appointments and off campus events.
  • Advocate as patient liaison, providing healthy relationships between patient and outside healthcare agencies, removing barriers.
  • Cared for patients in acute and chronic pain.
  • Assessed and managed follow-up plans.
  • Coordinated admissions and transfers in collaboration with the supervising attending physician.
  • Obtained and coordinated medical history of clients.
  • Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
  • Professionally and courteously verified appointment times with patients.
  • Prepared patient charts, pre-admissions and consent forms as necessary.
  • Responded appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.
  • Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress and concerns.
  • Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
Education
Master of ArtsDivinity/LeadershipDenver Theological SeminaryCity, State | 2010Divinity/Leadership
Master of ArtsTheologyLiberty UniversityCity, State | 2014
Bachelor of ScienceApplied PsychologyRegis UniversityCity, State | 2008
Accomplishments

Demonstrated cause for creating 'patient access', In collaboration with the Women Veteran Program, co-developed  a Spiritual Telehealth Pilot Program. This process of communication provides spiritual care to veterans living in rural areas having difficulty getting to he VA, can now receive spiritual care via Video Conference.

VA Veteran Women Brochure

Government Security Clearance

National Chaplain Center on-going Chaplain training

Certifications

Ordination Certificate

VA Women Equality Certificate

VA Women Veterans Conference Certificate

CPE Certified 

TMS Training

Professional Organizations

Gold Star Wives of America

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Endorsement

Associate Minister-2nd Baptist Missionary Church

Sarah Brown Missions Board

Heart of Missouri CASA Advocate of Courts

VA Women National Chaplain Network

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School Attended

  • Denver Theological Seminary
  • Liberty University
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