Night Chaplain Service Opportunities

Department of Spiritual Care Meriter Hospital, 2 Center 202 S. Park Street Madison, WI 53715 General Information: (608) 417-6480 E-mail: spiritualcare@meriter.com Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday

We Serve the Divine Spirit by Nurturing Healing Communities Within and Beyond Meriter

Meriter's Night Chaplain Program is an in-house night ministry program providing spiritual care throughout Meriter Hospital. Sponsored by Meriter's Department of Spiritual Care and the Association of Spiritual Caregivers, the program is an interfaith ministry incorporating a wide variety of religious and spiritual resources to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of hospitalized patients and their families.

How The Program Benefits You

The night chaplaincy program:

• Sharpens your ministry skills to hospitalized persons in crisis.
• Offers you the opportunity to expand your understanding of the deeper spiritual issues within life's major crisis and transition times.
• Increases your sensitivity to the needs of the sick, injured, dying and elderly as well as healing resources available.
• Allows you to provide care as part of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals.
• Offers you the opportunity to meet other spiritual caregivers, and consult with them and Meriter’s certified ACPE supervisor.
• Allows you to give health care staff a greater awareness of spiritual needs, and promote usage of pastoral and spiritual resources.
• Provides you the opportunity to enhance the relationship between Meriter and the religious community.

Services Provided to You

As a night chaplain, you receive:

• A sleeproom and meals while on duty.
• An honorarium for each night served.

Requirements

• Completion of an application form, screening interview and acceptance into the program.
• Completion of an orientation to the Night Chaplain Program.
• Commitment to serve one night per month as night chaplain (between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m.) for one year.
• A basic knowledge of and comfort level with providing spiritual care in a health care setting. Chaplains must also be open to diversity of religion and culture.
• A commitment to attending regularly scheduled monthly meetings that focus on education, pastoral skill development, team building and support.
• A commitment to becoming a member of the Association of Spiritual Caregivers.

Interested?

If you are interested in applying to Meriter's Night Chaplaincy Program or you would like to discuss the program in more detail, please call the Department of Spiritual Care at (608) 417-6480.

12/3/2007