DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN Group 11

1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A HOSPITAL CHAPLAINGroup 11

2. OBJECTIVES • Origin of chaplain • Definition of a chaplain • Types of chaplain • Duties and responsibilities of a hospital chaplain - patient - staff - church and community relations

3. THE ORIGIN OF CHAPLAIN • The word chaplain comes from a Latin word “pallium” • Meaning cloak • Word grew up from a story about a saint called St. Martin and a beggar in a rain

4. WHO IS A CHAPLAIN Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister, such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, imam or lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, school, police department, university, or private chapel.

5. TYPES OF CHAPLAIN There are several types of chaplain but below are a few • Military chaplain • School chaplain • Prison chaplain • Healthcare chaplain

6. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • The basic role of the chaplain is to be involved with others in the provision of holistic care within the hospital community. • ‘Holistic care' is concerned with the whole person and includes not only a person’s physical health but also their social, emotional and spiritual health and well being. • Their duties has been categorized into 3 which include the patient, the staff and the church and its community

7. PATIENT • providing information on faith traditions and access to resources and rituals • assisting patients to cope with the psychological, social and spiritual aspects of their illnesses and difficulties arising from them • offering counselling services related to problems/issues that patients might share with a professional religious worker e.g. fear of death, guilt, and forgiveness

8. PATIENT.cont • acting as a facilitator between patients and hospital staff, or family and patient, or family and staff, as required • serving as a religious resource person for the patient • inviting patients to express feelings and explore the meaning of their experience e.g. about an illness or other life stress • exploring spiritual resources for rehabilitation, healing and growth

10. STAFF • working with staff to support clients • providing pastoral care services to the staff of the hospital • establishing a training function for those staff interested in personal development in the area of psycho-social-spiritual concerns • facilitating groups of staff for team building and debriefing • participating in case conferences regarding patients and/or problem areas

11. STAFF.cont • helping other professionals identify and attend to their own needs and issues, by providing staff support and valuing their particular contribution • serving as an intermediary or resource person in some of the complex situations of healthcare • serving as a resource for those addressing the complex ethical issues involved in making healthcare decisions

12. CHURCH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS • assisting the local churches to develop programmes of chaplaincy support • developing a group of lay people to assist the chaplaincy team provide holistic patient care • enlisting and maintaining a volunteer's programme

13. THANK YOU

14. REFERENCECambridge University Hospitals 2013. (2014, June 12th). Retrieved from The roles of chaplain: http:www.cuh.org.uk/cuh/services/non clin/chaplaincy/role of the chaplain.html.Moore, S. (2014, June 15th). Role of the Chaplain. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/facts 4926826 what-duties-hospital-chaplain.html.