Rev. Thomas Dekaa

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New Britain Connecticut 06051

Phone: 540-***-**** Email: ad20er@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Collaborative, innovative, qualitative, and inclusive team working abilities

Experience in leadership and organizational development skills

Experience working in multicultural and persons-centered environments.

Experience working in rehabilitation hospital, people with behavioral health issues.

Excellent leadership, interpersonal relational and communication skills

Good counseling skills

Trained CISM: Group Crisis Intervention/Conflict Mediator/Counselor

EDUCATION

2018: MA in Biblical Theology, JP Catholic University, Escondido, CA

1982: BD, St. Augustine Major Seminary, Jos, Nigeria

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

2019: 4th Unit of CPE completed, Christus Spohn Health System, Corpus Christi TX

2019: 3 Units of CPE, Yuma Medical Center, Yuma, AZ

WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 August to December: Archdiocese of Hartford assigned as priest chaplain, Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain CT

2020 to July 27, 2023: Catholic Priest Staff Chaplain, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford CT

Assists other healthcare providers and treatment teams in recognizing and addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their family members

Completes spiritual assessments and spiritual care plans for patients assigned to specific specialty care

Visits with hospice patients, develops and implements a plan of care based on the initial and re-assessment data

Provides extensive and intensive spiritual counseling of patients and their family members

Provides support to patients and families in exploring and utilizing spiritual resources available to them

Performs sacraments, rituals, ordinances, and worship services as appropriate to meet the needs of patients

Serves as liaison and support to community clergy and spiritual counselors as needed

Provides spiritual direction and counseling in the areas of patient and family care, and staff support

Providing services spiritual and sacramental services to people with behavioral issues, Mt. Sinai rehabilitation hospital Hartford.

2019: CPE Resident, Christus Spohn Health System, Corpus Christi TX

Worked extensively with dying patients and their families

Participated in interdisciplinary group meetings

Provided calming support to angry or distraught family members and friends

Created and participated in hospital memorials and invocations

Extensive exposure to family systems theory, the behavioral sciences and diverse theological approaches

Maintained patient medical and personal information confidentially, including current conditions

Worked with individuals from diverse economic, cultural, racial and religious backgrounds.

2018 -8/3/2019: CPE Resident, Yuma Medical Center, Yuma, AZ

Counseled patients and their family members and helped them deal with trauma and the mental agony of undergoing treatment and surgeries

Applied my knowledge of behavioral sciences in counseling patients and their families.

Offered spiritual comfort to patients and created a positive and hopeful environment around them

Attended to Rapid Response and Trauma alerts to patients and their families

Promptly reported levels of pain observed in patients by calling the appropriate persons when patients needed immediate attention

Carried the pager and charted/reported clinical experience in the Epic chart

Attended acute care, hospice and oncology patients.

Participated in on-call rotations and transitions from hospital to funeral home

2017-2018: Pastor/ Administrator, St. Thomas Indian Mission, Winter Haven, CA

Led at worship and attended to sick calls

Celebrated Masses and other sacraments

Pastoral counseling

Budget Preparation and Implementation

Implementation of Diocesan policies

RCIA

2015 –2017: Associate Pastor, Mission San Antonio, Pala, CA

Celebration of Sacraments

Assisted in implementation of Diocesan policies

Visitation to the sick

RCIA

2013– 2014: Administrator, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Salem VA

Led at worship and attended to sick calls/visits to the homebound

Celebrated Masses and sacraments at six nursing homes

Celebrated the sacraments in the parish

Pastoral counseling

Budget Preparation and Implementation

Implementation of Diocesan policies

2010 – 2013: Pastor, Infant Jesus of Prague Parish, Kearny AZ.

Led at worship

Budget Preparation and Implementation

Implementation of Diocesan policies

Visitation to the sick

Coordinated RCIA

2008 – 2010: Associate Pastor, St. Rose of Lima, Safford, AZ

Celebration of Sacraments

Assisted in implementation of Diocesan policies

Prison Chaplain

Visitation to the sick

RCIA

2003 – 2008: Pastor St. Edward’s Parish, Ugah- Mbakuha, Nigeria.

Led at worship in three schools

Coordinated all religious programs in the three schools

Visitation to the sick

Counseling HIV/AIDS patients

1982 – 2003: Was doing ministry in Nigeria in the same status and capacity as the above-named church.

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