Charles George VA Medical Center

Charles George VA Medical Center: CPE Educator
Asheville, NC

Job Description

Preferred Experience: CPE Educator experience and VA Chaplain experience preferred; ACPE accreditation required; National Faculty preferred. 

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a Chaplain professional providing comprehensive, religious ministry services to Veteran patients.
• Ensures program effectiveness in compliance with all ACPE requirements.
• Manages the daily operations of the CPE Center and develops and implements program policies and procedures.
• Serves as a certified Educator of record for all CPE students for an assigned, designated area.
• Provides administrative oversight and programmatic resources and monitors educational outcomes.
• Offers students an opportunity to develop and expand professional caring skills in a clinical setting to address a person's spiritual, emotional and physical needs; and offers students experience with hands-on spiritual care for patients.
• Advises and collaborates with other members of the interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT).
• Maintains effective rapport with physicians, medical officers, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, or others involved in IDT.
• Leads various complex and sensitive projects, task groups, and assignments to obtain pertinent high-level information needed for Chaplain Service management officials.
• Ensures various complex assignments are carried out in a pluralistic environment, which encompasses sensitivity to the religious needs of many separate religious denominations and faith groups.
• Provides pastoral ministry to patients with respect to their patient's faith group, including conscientious attention during emergencies and crises.
• Interacts and maintains cooperative relationships with Medical Center personnel, family, local clergy, individuals, and groups in the community.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: Applicants must possess a Master of Divinity degree or equivalent educational qualifications as evidenced by a graduate-level theological degree from a college, university or theological school accredited by a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Foreign Education: To be creditable, theological or related education completed outside the U.S. must be submitted to a current affiliate agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) listed at https://www.naces.org/members.
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE): Applicants must have completed four units of CPE from a CPE center that is accredited by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. CPE Educator experience and VA chaplain experience required; ACPE accreditation required; National Faculty preferred.
• Ecclesiastical Endorsement: In accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 17.655, ecclesiastical endorsement is a condition of employment as a VA chaplain. An individual must possess and maintain a full and active ecclesiastical endorsement to be employed as a VA chaplain. Applicants must have an ecclesiastical endorsement, dated within the past 12 months. Ecclesiastical endorsements must be from the official national endorsing authority of the applicant's/employee's faith group or denomination.
• Board Certification: Applicants must be a Board Certified Chaplain certified by the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc. (BCCI) ® or nationally recognized certification body that utilizes the BCCI ® Common Qualifications and Competencies for Professional Chaplaincy or a certifying organization that has a reciprocity agreement with BCCI ®.
  
• Job title: CPE Educator
• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
• Agency: Veterans Health Administration
• Hiring Organization: Veterans Health Administration
• Primary Location: Asheville, NC
• Telework: Not available (ad hoc only)
• Remote job: no  
• Schedule: Full-time
• Scheduled Days: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm
• Salary: $89,508.00 to $116,362.00 / Per year
• Pay scale & grade: GS-12
• Relocation incentive: May be authorized for highly-qualified candidates

For complete application information and how to apply, please contact Ch. Lea Brown at lea.brown2@va.gov.