Barbara DickensAlbet

Email: abp8yh@r.postjobfree.com

Address: PO Box 506

City: Wilton

State: CA

Zip: 95693

Country: USA

Phone: 916-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $40,000

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Rev. Barbara Dickens Albert

PO Box 506, Wilton, CA 95693

Cell: 916-***-****) abp8yh@r.postjobfree.com

ORDAINED PASTOR

Ordination: Reformed Church in America

Seven plus years of chaplaincy experience

Twenty plus years ministry experience

Course work in Gerontology

Five Units of CPE; Eligible for certification

Three Units @ Level I Trauma Center

EDUCATION

Master of Divinity

New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science in General Business

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

Chaplain Residency, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania " August 2011 " present

Completed five (5) units of Clinical Pastoral Education

Functioned as Neuroscience Critical Care Chaplain including intensive and intermediate care units

Experience in trauma, end-of-life, fetal demise, pediatric care, and ICU ministry

Provided spiritual care, and resources to a culturally and religiously diverse patient population

APC board certification eligible.

Chaplain, Seton Health " St. Marys Hospital, Troy, NY " August 2007 " August 2011

Evening and weekend chaplain at Catholic hospital

Part of a religiously diverse pastoral care staff

Ministry to those struggling with addiction, including those in rehab and detox programs

Minister of Word and Sacrament, the Reformed Church of Schodack at Muitzeskill, Schodack Landing, NY

Preached and led worship services on a weekly basis

Provided pastoral support to hospitalized individuals and families in crisis

Led study groups for multi-generational populations and specific age groups

Director and Chaplain, Resource Center on Aging of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic

Created and delivered seminars for Synod congregations regarding issues of importance to older adults

Assisted families and older adults in care planning and advance directive preparation

Chaplain at The Reformed Church Home, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility

Minister of Word and Sacrament, Reformed Church of Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, NJ

Preached and led worship services on a weekly basis

Facilitated the creation of a county run Senior Lunch Program in the congregations facility

Provided pastoral support to hospitalized individuals and families in crisis

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Research Pathway Project, Reminiscence: A Tool to Discover Meaning and Encourage a Spiritual Connection with Geriatric Patients in Acute Care Settings

Presenter, Do You Hear What I Hear

Swartz Rounds, Hershey Medical Center, December 2011

Presenter, Reminiscence and Life Story: Interventions to Relate to Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Nursing Education Day, Hershey Medical Center, October 2011

Vice President, Classis of Columbia-Greene (NY), Reformed Church in America

President, Somerset County Office on Aging, Advisory Council

Gerontology Courses, Union County College, NJ

PERSONAL STATEMENT

PASTORAL CARE PHILOSOPHY: As a spiritual caregiver my goal is to respect and honor each individuals belief system. I believe that all people, no matter what their spirituality or lack thereof, are engaged in a spiritual journey that often comes more fully alive in the state of crisis. My pastoral role is to come along side others in crisis as a companion on the way as they marshal their own spiritual resources to meet the challenges of their present need. I believe that as I establish a relationship with persons in need through my empathic and non-anxious presence, a space can be opened in which that person can begin to make meaning of their circumstances and find healing for the spiritual pain that they are facing.

THEOLOGICAL IDENTITY: I was born and raised in the Reformed Church in America and have served Reformed Churches and institution as a Minister of Word and Sacrament for 20 plus years. I was pastor of a church in the Albany, NY area before beginning my residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Personally, my theology is moving away from the Calvinist tradition in which I was raised. I am comfortable in ecumenical and multi-religious environments and have an openness, appreciation, and fascination for the wide variety of spiritual expressions.

DIVERSITY EXPERIENCE: I was raised in a very diverse racial and ethnic environment in Westchester County, NY. My experience at Hershey Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center, was an opportunity to engage people of many faith and cultural backgrounds. I find the wide diversity of the hospital population and opportunities for spiritual care in the diverse hospital setting to be an energizing experience.

REFERENCES

Rev. Jack Geracci " CPE Supervisor & Program Manager, St. Marys Hospital, 1201 Langhorne-Newtown Road, Langhorne, PA 19047; 215-***-****; abp8yh@r.postjobfree.com

Linda McCauliff " Chaplain, Hershey Medical Center,500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033; 717-***-****; abp8yh@r.postjobfree.com

Shafi Thomas " Director, Spiritual Care Department, Seton Health " St. Marys Hospital, 1300 Massachusetts Ave, Troy, NY 12180; 518-***-****; abp8yh@r.postjobfree.com

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