Okey Uche

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Address: **** ******* **** ****

City: Baldwin Park

State: CA

Zip: 91706

Country: USA

Phone: 626-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $50,000

Willing to Relocate

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Rev. Okey Jude Uche

HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

I am a compassionate and devoted Chaplain providing spiritual support and guidance to hospital patients and their loved ones.

YEAR OF PRIESTLY ORDINATION: September 7, 1985.

More than 4 years of hospital and hospice experience (as a volunteer chaplain)

M. A. (Philosophy) Imo State University, Nigeria.

Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) with NACC - 2010

M. A. degree in Religious & Theological Studies and Philosophy

Experience counseling terminally ill patients and families concerning their spiritual, emotional and

personal needs.

Provides non-denominational spiritual support and offers those with nontraditional beliefs

an opportunity to discuss and share their thoughts, feelings, beliefs and values.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Strong analytic and problem solving skills, skilled in decision-making, organization, and analysis

of information.

Proficient in Spanish

Maintains patient confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations.

CHAPLAIN EXPERIENCE

CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, March 2011 Present

Durate, CA

A member of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine.

A member of the Hematology Team & Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Provided patients, families, care givers and staff compassionate presence.

Listening/counseling patients, families, care givers and staff.

Providing spiritual support and counsel.

Providing spiritual comfort and reassurances.

Providing patients, families, care givers, and staff with the sacraments.

Providing leadership in organizing Volunteers for the spiritual Care Services

Providing leadership in the liturgy, celebrating the Sacraments, especially the Holy Mass, interfaith worship/activities, memorial services, ethical matters for patients, families and staff.

Trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

Trained in Spirituality and Mental Health as well as in Substance Abuse.

Trained in Spirituality and Substance Abuse.

Trained in Bereavement Debriefing/ Support Group

FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER, Flagstaff, AZ June 2009 - June 2010

Hospice Chaplain (Volunteer Position)

Provided patients and families with the sacraments.

Provided spiritual support and counseling to patients and caregivers as related to issues of grief,

loss and the dying process.

Attended emergencies, and crisis situations.

Provided support to the grieving families and patients experiencing both faith and live stresses and

crises.

MAYO CLINIC AND SHERMANS HOME, Scottsdale, AZ June 2008 - June 2009

Hospital Chaplain (Volunteer Position)

Available for emergencies, and during bereavement, provided support to the grieving families and

patients experiencing both faith and live stresses and crises.

Provide counseling and spiritual support for patients and their families.

Conducted worship; celebrate the sacraments for the sick and the dying.

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BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, Phoenix, AZ September 2006 - June 2009

Hospital Intern Chaplain (Volunteer Position) Employed as Priest Chaplain

Provided spiritual guidance, encouraging moral responsibilities and providing a climate for

spiritual growth to diverse population.

Visited patients/families and perform spiritual assessments, and develop spiritual care plans.

Provided spiritual support and counseling to patients and caregivers as related to issues of grief,

loss and the dying process.

Documented all electronic data entries of patients' assessments and chaplain activities.

Planned and led the annual memorial worship services for families of deceased patients.

Attended on-call duties in various units in hospital settings, including, emergencies, crisis

situations and codes.

Attended weekly and monthly staff and departmental meetings

Liaison duties for the local clergy and hospital institutions

Completed project assignments for the department

HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY, AZ June 2006 - June2008

Job Title: Priest Chaplain (Volunteer Position)

Coordinated with and assisted the pastor in facilitating the spiritual and Pastoral welfare for the

faithful who constitute the parish

Celebrated Holy Masses, administration of Sacraments

Scheduled Pastoral visits to the sick, as volunteer chaplain to hospitals and hospice care centers

Assisted the pastor in identifying the needs and future goals of the parish

Attended emergencies and crisis situations.

PASTORAL WORK EXPERIENCE

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OFPHOENIX, AZ June 2006 March 2011

Places of Assignment:

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, AVONDALE, AZ

SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS, Flagstaff, AZ

ST. BERNADETTE CATHOLIC PARISH, Scottsdale, AZ

CHRIST THE KING, Mesa, AZ

ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE PARISH, Phoenix, AZ

Job Title: Parochial Vicar

Coordinated with and assisted the pastor in facilitating the spiritual and Pastoral welfare for the

faithful who constitute the parish including celebrating Holy Masses, administration of

Sacraments, Pastoral visits to the sick, as volunteer chaplain

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Celebrated Holy Masses, administration of Sacraments

Scheduled Pastoral visits to the sick, as volunteer chaplain to hospitals and hospice care centers

Assisted the pastor in identifying the needs and future goals of the parish

Assisted the pastor in identifying the needs and goals of the parish.

Conduct worship; celebrate the sacraments for the sick and the dying. Provided listening shoulder and counseling to people who are undergoing general life stress due to personal or work related issues.

Provided spiritual guidance, encouraged moral responsibilities to parishioners and provided a

positive climate for spiritual growth to diverse population

EDUCATION

Board Certified Chaplain, (BCC) with NACC - 2010

M. A. Philosophy - 2011

Imo State University, Nigeria.

4 Units of CPE

Banner Hospital, Phoenix, AZ - 2008

B.A, M. A. Religious & Theological Studies - 1985

Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Diploma in French Language - 1985

Institut Catholique De Paris, France

Diploma in Theology - 1985

Missionary Institute, London, UK

Diploma in Philosophy - 1980

Spiritan School of Philosophy, Isienu, Nigeria

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born the first child into a family of eight, after my seminary training and education, I ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1985. My pastoral experiences and encounters have brought me in contact with people from all walks of life, different cultures, traditions and ideologies, academic and religious backgrounds make me best suited for this job. As a teacher in the seminary, I related with seminarians, their parents, guardians and families. I took care of their academic, spiritual, physical and emotional needs. The experience, though not an easy task was enriching and fulfilling. As a pastor, and/or a chaplain, my ministry involved visiting the sick, the needy, administering the sacraments and carrying out parish administrations.

As a Chaplain Intern and Priest Chaplain, working in Banner Good Samaritan as Priest Chaplain, my areas of focus included: Oncology, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Heart Center, Renal and Cardiac Telemetry, General Medicine, WT6 (Behavioral), Med-Surgical, Intensive and Extensive Care, Childrens, Pediatrics, Emergency, Short Stay, Palliative Care and Rehabilitation units. In these areas, I provided pastoral care to patients, families, care givers and staff. I also participated in 12-hour On-call, and officiated most often in inter-faith worship services (e.g. Memorial Services for those who died in the hospital, burying the foetal demise). I did also and still conduct the Eucharistic celebration in the hospital Chapel for Catholic patients, families, care givers and staff on a regular basis. Finally, I provided the Sacraments for the Sick (Reconciliation, Anointing and Eucharist) to Catholic patients. Presently, my place of work, City of Hope, is a research Institute for Cancer of all sorts. It ranks 17th in the whole nation of the recognized Research Institutes for Cancer (www. cancer.gov). Interdisciplinary Rounds is a systemic culture of City of Hope National Medical Center and therefore, it is something I am well adjusted to. I have continued to provide spiritual care services, leadership, information, symptom management, coping and care giving, grief/loss support with compassionate care, innovation, and accountability, reaching out to religious leaders from other faith communities. In my present assignment in City of Hope, Duarte, I am responsible for organizing and training the volunteers for the Spiritual Care Services. I also provide services to the Spanish patients, families, care givers and staff.

Hobbies: Reading, Travelling, Writing, Lawn and Table Tennis.

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