Clinical Staff Chaplain Resume Example

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.

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.
  

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.

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.

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.