Chaplain

____________________SUMMARY____________________
Empathetic, effective, and motivated professional who combines clinical experien
ce with compassion to meet the challenges facing today's healthcare organization
s. Enjoys new challenges and is good at pioneering new methods. Clear awareness
of diverse backgrounds, alert to widely varied patient needs and circumstances.
Collaborative team player, acting as key resource to colleagues and allied healt
h professionals. Extensive experience in Alcohol and Drug inpatient and outpati
ent treatment, inpatient mental health treatment, chronic pain team.
____________________EXPERIENCE____________________
1992 - Present - Chaplain
St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, WI
APC board certified chaplain with more than 16 years of experience, seeking an o
pportunity to relocate to new challenges. A seasoned chaplain professional with
strong consensus building skills. Chaplain expertise in general visitation, sp
irituality research and spiritual assessment. Expert knowledge of computerizing
department work, working with spirituality and its effects on patient care and
the area of spiritual assessment of patients. Primary coverage has been Alcohol
and Drug inpatient and outpatient treatment, mental health inpatient treatment,
and Chronic Pain Treatment.
* Instigated use of spiritual assessment program on the Alcohol and Drug unit, C
hronic Pain team, Mental health, and Rehabilitation Unit.
* Led hospital in a variety of worship experiences related to traditional religi
ous experiences and also mission and values celebrations.
* Administered religious rites and ordinances throughout the hospital as needed
by the patients served, including the use of multivisual worship services.
* Designed and implemented a spiritual assessment form to be used in history and
Progress notes of Patient Medical chart allowing chaplains to leave notes when
chart is not available.
* Provided instruction to staff on the role of Spirituality and Religion on the
health and well being of the patient.
* Collaborated with Alcohol and Drug Outpatient doing spiritual assessment with
couples in recovery groups as well as fourth and fifth steps with patients.
* Have covered and enjoyed most all medical floors in the hospital in my years o
f experience from pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, orthopedics, cancer, pal
liative care, intensive care, neonatal intensive care,general medical, neurology
, and also many Level 1 and 2 traumas in the emergency room.
* On-call experience days, nights, weekends, holidays as St. Joseph's Hospital i
s a Level 2 trauma center.
* Succeeded in the development of a clergy computer access system providing acce
ss for pastors, but keeping privacy and rights of patients in the forefront.
* Assessed and managed development of clinical notes for chaplains in hospital d
atabase program so chaplains can write notes about visits, mark sacramental need
s, and identify religious traditions.
* First chaplain to document electronically in the Marshfield Clinic and St.Jose
ph's Hospital combined medical record as a request from physicans and therapist
of the Marshfield Behavioral Health units comprising Mental Health and Alcohol a
nd Drug units.
* Developed spiritual clinical assessments for Combined Medical Record of St. Jo
seph's Hospital and the Marshfield Clinic.
1989 - 1992 - Assistant Pastor
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Rochester, Mn
Administered relgious rites and ordiances in a congregation of 1200 members. Re
sponsibilities included pastoral care visits to the hospital and shut-ins as wel
l as working with youth. Collaberated with the local Rochester ministerial asso
ciation on a number of social ministry projects for the food bank, World Day of
Prayer service, and ministry to the poor in the area through the Dorthoy Day hou
se
* Assisted with the integration of the congregational computer program for finan
ces, visitation and worship attendance.
* Instructed people who see conversion to faith in a new adult membership curric
ulum that helped to assimilate people into the parish more quickly.
* Conducted wedding and funeral services.
* Managed the implementation of a new three year program of confirmation stressi
ng more practical parts of faith life with the traditional Lutheran catechism pr
ogram.
* Integrated a more contemporary service into the worship service by incorporati
ng parts of the Chicago Folk mass into a service.
* Developed and directed a new Church growth committee responsible for gathering
congregational trends over the last 20 years, integrating new ways of welcoming
new members, instructing members in church growth ideas, practices and practica
l changes to ministry especially in areas of outreach.
1984 - 1988 - Pastor
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Milaca, Mn
First pastoral parish in rural Minnesota. I was their first full time pastor in
their 70 year history. Brought many new experiences and growth to the congrega
tion which has since grown and expanded into a new parish building and added 75
families to their roles since I left.
* Provided Adult Bible Study and education for new members.
* Expanded their understanding of service and ministry to people through Church
Growth Self Study. They examined their history, their statistics, their goals,
direction for future, and needs for the future.
Worked with outpatient program from St. Cloud Mn to provide family spirituality
groups to recovering families.
* Ministry to the sick, shut-in and hospitalized.
* Spiritual counseling to those struggling with life.
* Weddings and funerals as needed.
____________________EDUCATION____________________
1989 - Certificate, CPE 4 units
Mayo Medial Center Clinical Pastoral Education, Rochester, Mn
A year residency at the Mayo Medical Center Clinical Pastoral Education Program
learning different phases of pastoral visits in a clinical setting. Primary uni
ts of learning included, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Liver Transplant, Alcohol
and Drug Unit, Cardiac Critical Care Unit, On-call, staff seminars, COMISS meeti
ng in Minneapolis.
1988 - Certificate, CPE 1 unit
Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Mn
A medical center with a intensive care, swing bed facility, Alcohol and Drug pro
gram, locked and unlocked psych unit, and rehabiltation recovery unit. I did wo
rship once a week, was able to pick up some on-call as contracted by the chaplai
n chief when needed, worked with 5th steps for alcoholics, interdisciplinary car
e conferences for patients and families, attended VA teleconference seminars.
1984 - Masters, Divinity
Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo
4 year Seminary with 1 basic quarter of CPE at St. Louis Hospital's Children's U
nit.
1977 - B.A., Education, Minor: Psychology
St.Olaf College, Northfield, Mn
Involved in as a Junior Counselor to freshman, waterpolo team, coached jr.high s
wimming in Northfield, College long term planning retreats, Worship services at
the college chapel.
____________________SKILLS____________________
* Flexibility in work assignments
* Crisis intervention
* Educational Presentations
* Charting and Patient Documentation
* Patient Clinical Outcomes Measurement of visits
* Lean Six Sigma projects in the department
* Spiritual Services quality improvement survey and results
* Multi-Disciplinary Approach to work
* Good at group consensus building skills
* Psychosocial Assessment of patients and families
* Patient spiritual counseling
* Assessing the needs of patients and families in the midst of trauma
____________________MEMBERSHIPS____________________
Board member
North Wood County Red Cross, Marshfield, Wi
1995 - 1998
Board member
Committee Chair Strong Kids Committee. Primarily work on the teen character awa
rds now going into its 4th year recognizing the efforts and good characters of t
eens in the Marshfield area. Responsible for finding a speaker, MCing the award
s, and also meetings about 6 times per year.
Marshfield Area YMCA, Marshfield, Wi
2004 - 2009
Member
Attended the annual meeting of WAODA in Madison from 2000 to 2007.
Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse, Inc., Madison, Wi
1999 - 2008
____________________CONFERENCES____________________
1st annual meeting for the society of Spirituality, Theology, and Health
The Society for Spirituality, Theology and Health is a multidisciplinary profess
ional society committed to intellectual engagement,collaboration among members,
and support and encouragement for research, education, and practice. The purpose
is to stimulate research and education, to connect people with one another, and
to help to integrate and interpret the research findings for applications in he
alth care and public health. We invite membership from colleagues from around th
e world, and current membership includes academic researchers, clinicians, theol
ogian and other clergy, lay persons and interested individuals in the area of re
ligion/spirituality, theology and health. The annual meeting of the Society is d
esigned to bring together transdisciplinary scholars and interested physicians,
clergy, chaplains, nurses and lay persons from the United States and other parts
of the world to present and discuss the latest research in spirituality, theolo
gy,and health.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
2008
Every two years
Religion and Spirituality: A research perspective, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Mn
1994 - 2004
____________________BOARD CERTIFICATION____________________
Board Certified Chaplain
Board Certified Chaplain since 1993 and continue through till this date and time
.
Association of Professional Chaplains, Chicago, Ill
1993 - 2009