Chaplain (Roman Catholic)
Location: Tomah, Wisconsin
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs is currently interviewing Chaplain (Roman Catholic) right now, this job will be placed in Wisconsin. Further informations about this job opportunity kindly read the description below. Duties:
Establish periods for public worship. Conducts weekly/regularly scheduled services including devotions, sermons, and arranging for the atmosphere and symbolism of! worship. Responsible for planning and direction of the Chaplain Service and its coordination with other Services with the Medical Center. Provides for the religious and spiritual needs of Veterans according to their needs and desires. Leads worship services, provide sacraments and ministers to family members. The chaplain provides for the specific religious needs of Roman Catholic Veterans, while assuring that all patients have opportunities for free exercise of religion. Provide extensive and intensive pastoral counseling of patients and pastoral support for families. Provide care as part of interdisciplinary teams in several highly specialized areas of medical care, including: addictions counseling, surgery, post traumatic stress, palliative care, psychiatry, renal dialysis and intensive care. Serve as spiritual counselor to patients on ethical and moral matters including problems of conscience and family and marital differences. The chaplain gives special attention to r! eligious and spiritual needs of patients in crisis. will locat! e other chaplains and/or persons from the community to provide for patients' religious needs that he or she cannot meet. Evaluate patients' needs and documents care provided in electronic medical records. Maintain relationships with the larger community which support the Medical Center mission; and responds to emergency needs of patients and family members. The work emphasizes an ecumenical, team approach to assignments.
Qualifications & Evaluations
Determining patientsÂ' pastoral, religious, spiritual, situational, moral and ethical issues/needs by active listening, ministry of presence, and pastoral support. Communicating health care information to individuals, groups, patients, treatment teams Displaying initiative, organizing and planning work Developing and maintaining effective relationships with individuals. Working effectively with chaplains of other faiths. Performing liaison between the health care facility and religious and civic communities Rel! ating well to people from varied backgrounds and religious faiths; demonstrating sensitivity to diversities of race, gender, age, color, national origin, disabilities, sexual orientation and culture Assuring that all patients have opportunities for free exercise of religion. Demonstrating flexibility and innovation in finding ways to accommodate patients' religious needs Protecting patients from proselytizing. Demonstrating by example that the organization does not favor any faith group, or religion as opposed to non-religion Providing pastoral care and support for patients, relatives and significant others in a health care facility who have a wide variety of mental/social/spiritual/physical needs, including providing care in emergencies Performing sacraments, rituals, ordinances, and worship services as appropriate to meet the needs of patients of the faith group by which the individual is endorsed Documenting care in medical records
Applicants will be given a numerica! l score between 70 and 100. The numerical score is based on the totalit! y of relevant competencies. It is not determined by summing scores on each competency. Those Veterans who are entitled to preference will get either 5 or 10 points added. Applicants will be referred to the medical center for final consideration in score order. The medical center must select from among the highest three applicants.
Benefits & Other Info
Benefits: Department of Veterans Affairs employees receive comprehensive benefits including eligibility for Federal Employee Health and Life Insurance programs, weekend differential pay, the Federal Employee Retirement System, and generous vacation and sick leave. For further information on benefits see http://www.vacareers.va.gov/salary-benefits/index.asp
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your Resume or a Federal Application form2. A complete Assessment Questionnaire (follow instructions below to complete ! this on line)3. Ecclesiastical Endorsement dated within the past 12 months4. Veterans Preference Documentation, if applicable 5.Transcript(s) of ALL relevant graduate-level education (Masters and Doctoral) copies are acceptable. Copies must show the institution at which the education was completed.
6. Documents showing completion of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education, or a detailed description of education that you would like to be considered for equivalency
7. Optional Form OF-306 (Required) The form must be signed within the past 90 days . To get this form: Go to www.usajobs.gov . Click on "Resource Center" at the top of the screen. From the drop-down list select "Supplemental Forms." Select "Optional Forms." The forms are listed in numerical order.
8. If you have previously worked as a permanent VA chaplain, submit a copy of your last "Notification of Personnel Action" (Form SF-50)
To begin the process , click the Apply Online button to create ! an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the promp! ts to complete the assessment questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process. You will receive a confirmation email that your questionnaire has been received. This does not mean that your application is complete. You must submit all of the supplemental documents listed below.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application you may use the following link: https://applicationmanager.gov/ .
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following vacancy number: 927169 Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot apply online: 1. Click the following link to view and print the assessment questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire , and2. Print this 1203FX form to provide your response to the assessment questionnaire http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/opm1203fx.pdf and3. Fax the completed 1203FX form! along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
Your complete Application Package (containing the above required documents) must be received no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time Monday, September 23, 2013 .
More Info
Tomah
WI
2013-09-10T01:48:16.067366
348064600
Excepted Service Permanent
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show proof that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is ! given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state univers! ity. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
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57408
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VATA
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
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Instructions for the on-line application process are on the VA Chaplain web site: www.va.gov/chaplain Open "Employment Information" then the "How to Apply Pamphlet"
For information about the Lebanon VA Medical Center see their web site: http://www.tomah.va.gov/
Per Year
927169
Occupational Questionnaire (complete this on-line) Resume or federal application form. Please note: Your resume must give the beginning end ending date of each job held, and the average number of hours worked per week. Without this information we cannot tell whether you meet the experience requirement and you will be rated ineligible. Ecclesiastical endorsement by the Archdiocese for the Military Service USA dated within the past year Documents showing completion of 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Educa! tion or a detailed narrative description of equivalent training. Transcripts of all graduate education (copies are acceptable) Form OF-306 "Declaration for Federal Employment" dated within the past 90 days . (Go to www.usajobs.gov , open "Resource Center," select "Supplemental Forms," Select "Optional Forms.") Veterans documents (if applicable) Military discharge form DD-214 and Claim for 10-point Veterans Preference (SF-15) If you have previously worked as a permanent VA chaplain, submit a copy of your last Notification of Personnel Action," SF-50
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
2-Part-Time
0060-Chaplain
Active
https://ApplicationManager.gov/Login.aspx?VacancyID=927169&CheckStatus=Y
15317-Permanent
2013-09-10T01:48:16.067395
927169
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. That acknowledgement email does not mean that your ! application is complete. You must also submit all of the documents list! ed under "Required Documents."
After your application has been rated you will receive a Notice of Results. The Notice will tell you you're rating, and whether your application has been referred to the medical center. If your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly by that office for an interview.
You will receive notice via email, or by mail, if no email address was provided by you during the application process, once the selection process is completed (generally 4-6 weeks).
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If you were eligible to this job, please give us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of Veterans Affairs.
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