Supervisory Chaplain (Service Chief)

This Supervisory Chaplain (Service Chief) position is located at the VA Maine Healthcare System, in Augusta, Maine. The position is full-time at 40 hours per week. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Chaplain professional performing supervisory and senior clinical assignments for the VHA. The incumbent provides comprehensive religious, spiritual, and pastoral care to all persons that are commensurate with the needs, desires, and voluntary consent of the Veteran, caregiver, or staff. The incumbent addresses the spiritual component of health and wellness in every patient care setting to ensure that pastoral care is fully integrated into all aspects of chaplain services. Duties may include, but are not limited to: Manages a moderately complex to very complex chaplain service program. Supervises the professional practice of all facility chaplains and provides chaplaincy services and programming. Manages and oversees all religious and spiritual care and provides counsel to facility leadership concerning religious expression. Serves as an active participant and a key administrative staff member of the organization with VHA's leadership. Develops local policy, productivity, and clinical practice standards. Provides supervision with full responsibility for assignment of work, performance evaluations, selection of staff, recommendation of awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions. Maintains records, supplies, and religious equipment for the assigned program; and tracks and maintains the program's budget. Maintains chapel space and oversees the distribution of space, inventory, and resources needed for providing spiritual care, education, and programming. Provides support to individual(s) for unit emergencies, natural disasters, man-made disasters, or planned special events. Conducts regular rounds of hospital wards where patients are critically ill. Provides guidance and support for patients to express values through processes such as life review, oral history, and end of life preparation and documentation. Administers ordinances, rites, or sacraments; prepares and delivers sermons; arranges for the atmosphere and symbolism of worship; and conducts funeral services when needed. Communicates effectively, both in writing and verbally, with persons of varied backgrounds to prepare Chaplain Service-related policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines on the service delivery area. Serves as the Supervisory Chaplain expert participant with other specialists as a fully recognized member of an interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT). Engages with other program heads and the VHA facility's administrator in decision making conferences concerning policies, practices, and regulations affecting the care and treatment program of the facility. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, establishes and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work. Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Interviews candidates for positions in the unit; and recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignment to such positions. Supervises all administrative functions of the department, such as clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management, budget management, development of policy, and clinical practice standards. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00 pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: F01861 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required, selectee must file a financial disclosure report, OGE Form 450, within 30 days of onboarding and then annually. Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service. This position

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