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The purpose of the work is to serve as a chaplain with specialization in Mental Health in performing Spiritual/Pastoral Care to patients at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, which consists of the Inpatient Psychiatry units at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. This ministry encompasses individual pastoral ministry in depth as well as instruction, administration, and extensive spiritual care and counseling. The chaplain will concern him/herself directly with moral, religious, and ethical problems of the patients and will provide adequate spiritual care to them and their families.
Position Description: 6887-0
The tour of duty: Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm. May regularly be scheduled for on-call duty outside of the regularly scheduled work week. While on-call the individual will be available by phone and will immediately respond to calls from medical center staff.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities. VA is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
This position does not require filing Confidential Financial Disclosure Statement.
Please read the entire job vacancy announcement before applying.
Learn more about this agency10/20/2017 to 11/03/2017
$86,663 - $112,655 per year
GS 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent - Excepted Service Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
12
No
BESE-2019657-BU
482389600
The Veteran population can be survivors of extreme traumatic experiences, including combat trauma, childhood trauma, and military sexual trauma with the attached existential and spiritual issues associated with these experiences. A large percentage of the Veteran population is dually diagnosed with substance use issues. The chaplain is frequently a bridge to fostering an individual's openness to engagement with the treatment team. Duties include:
To be considered for this position applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
Ecclesiastical Endorsement: An ecclesiastical endorsement, dated within 12 months prior to the closing date of the announcement, from the ecclesiastical endorsing official designated by the religious faith group to endorse individuals for VA Chaplaincy. An ecclesiastical endorsement is the written official statement by the endorsing body certifying that you are in good standing with the faith group or denomination and that you, in the opinion of the endorsing body, are qualified to provide the full range of ministry required in the VA's pluralistic setting.
Education: A Master of Divinity from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or the equivalent. Equivalent education is a bachelor's degree (120 semester hours or more) from an accredited institution plus at least 70 graduate semester hours which included all of the following: at least 20 semester hours in pastoral ministry; 20 semester hours in any combination of theology, ethics, and philosophy of religion; 20 semester hours in the study of sacred writings, including the study of languages in which sacred writings are written; and 10 semester hours in religious history and/or world religions.
Clinical Pastoral Education: In addition to the education requirement, applicants must have completed at least 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) [as defined by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). 800 hours of supervised ministry in a formal training program which incorporated both ministry formation and pastoral care skills development will be considered for equivalency to the required CPE.
Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work can help build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. A minimum of three years of ministry experience. At least two years of this experience must have followed completion of the Master of Divinity or equivalent education. Experience during graduate education may count for up to one year of the three years of required experience. One year of the experience must have demonstrated all of the following:
(a) ability to serve as a consultant or expert to a multidisciplinary treatment team;
(b) in-depth knowledge of related professional fields, particularly in the behavioral sciences;
(c) understanding of, and ability to respond to, the particular concerns and issues pertaining to treatment of veterans;
(d) knowledge of the structure, regulations, practices, and programs of healthcare delivery systems;
(e) ability to interpret and apply a body of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures in professional practice;
(f) ability to develop and maintain liaisons with a variety of outside organizations.
*Completion of a doctoral degree directly related to pastoral ministry may be substituted for one year of this experience, unless the doctoral degree is used to satisfy the "equivalent education" as described above. Part time experience is prorated in comparison to 40 hours per week to determine its length.
Clinical Pastoral Education in excess of two units counts toward the experience requirement.
English Language Competency: All applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English.
Selective Service Registration: By law, all males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service (the military draft) or have a valid exemption
Additional Qualification Requirement: Applicants must have the demonstrated knowledge, skills and ability (KSA) to provide ministry, spiritual and pastoral care to Veterans in a mental health setting. This include: Demonstrated KSA to engage with Interdisciplinary Teams to develop holistic Veteran care in complex mental health setting; lead Spiritual Support Groups for Veterans with Mental Health diagnoses and create spiritual programming for Veterans in the mental health and addiction setting.
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 an evaluation 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 university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Evaluations of foreign education will only be accepted from credential evaluation services that are members of either the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE). To find information about credential evaluation services look on their websites: http://naces.org/ and http://aice-eval.org/ Evaluations of foreign education MUST include the number of semester hours to which each course is equivalent. Without this information we cannot determine whether the VA chaplain education equivalency standard is met, and your application will not be considered.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
All applicants will first be evaluated by the Board of Excepted Service Examiners (BESE) to determine the demonstrated knowledge, skills and ability to provide spiritual and pastoral care to Mental Health patients. All applicants who meet this additional requirements and the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated to determine the degree to which the documents provided demonstrate that the applicant has the following competencies:
Applicants will be given a numerical score between 70 and 100. The numerical score is based on the totality 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.
Applicants who have completed a Clinical Pastoral Education residency or fellowship in a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center within the past year; and who meet the minimum qualification requirements, will be referred to the selecting official for consideration without a numerical rating. This is called "non-competitive consideration." Veteran preference will be applied in making selections from lists of applicants eligible for non-competitive consideration.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your resume. You may complete an on-line resume in USAJOBS or you may submit a resume of your own devising. Your resume should describe in detail your ministry in health care settings. List all jobs held whether paid or unpaid. You must indicate whether each job held was full time or part time. For part time jobs indicate the average number of hours you worked per week. You must indicate in your resume detailed information on your demonstrated ability to perform spiritual assessments, to prepare treatment care plans, and to document care for patients in Hospice and Palliative Care.
2. You must complete the on-line Assessment Questionnaire
3. Ecclesiastical Endorsement, dated within the past 12 months signed by the designated endorsing official of the faith group.
4. Certificates or evaluations showing completion of Clinical Pastoral Education. Only documented units of Clinical Pastoral Education completed in programs accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) or the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) automatically count toward the CPE requirement. You must provide a detailed narrative description of any other training you would like considered toward the CPE requirement. Your description must include the following information:
5. College transcript(s). Copies are acceptable. Transcripts must indicate the degree awarded, if any, and the date awarded or conferred. A copy of the certificate or diploma must be submitted, if no completion date is indicated on the transcript. Transcripts must show the name of the institution. If you have a Master of Divinity Degree you do not need to submit undergraduate transcripts.
6. Veteran preference Documentation, if applicable. If you are a Veteran, submit copies of all discharge documents DD 214 Member-4 or Service 4 copy. If claiming 10-points Veteran's preference submit SF-15 with documentation described in the form.
*All documents must be submitted by midnight Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, November 03, 2017
Incomplete applications, applications received after the closing date or applications submitted to the National Chaplain Center will not be considered.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply: a complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, November 03, 2017 to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to Friday, November 03, 2017.
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is 2019657. If faxing please click on: Fax Option and instructions will be provided on how to fax your entire application. Click on link to view View Occupational Questionnaire
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/482389600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
Come Join Our Team of Chaplains who provide a complete range of spiritual care ministries to veterans and their families. Such ministry encompasses all aspects of pastoral care, assuring that the religious, spiritual, moral and ethical issues faced by Veterans are addressed as part of the holistic care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Chaplains work in an interfaith environment as members of a pluralistic chaplaincy.
Vacancy Identification Number: 2019657