In-House Follow Up

…continued…

Rev. Jim E. Garcines, BCC

Elk Grove, CA 95758 • *********@*****.*** • 661-***-**** • LinkedIn Spiritual Caregiver & Chaplain

Highly dedicated, compassionate religious leader with stellar record of success directing comprehensive community development operations and delivering spiritual services. Proactive and forward thinking leader, skilled in shaping and leading clergy mission to reach the targeted community/audience. Instrumental in promoting and supporting organization identity, reputation, and mission objectives, while designing and supporting grassroots campaigns to affect societal changes aligned to established mandates and expectations. Deft at clearing and delivering religious mission and messaging, determining community support initiatives, supporting expansion efforts, and supervising overall church activities. Collaborative communicator focused on building relationships and synergy to drive positive change. Proven expertise in:

• Community Counselling

• Chaplain Service Management

• Grief Support Deliverance/Suicidal

prevention

• Spiritual Encouragement

• Emotional & Spiritual Support

• Clergy Support/Care

• Inter Faith Harmony

• In-House Hospice Services

• Documentation & Reporting

• Spiritual & Emotional Collaboration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sutter Memorial – Modesto, CA Staff Chaplain, 2015 to Present Utilize comprehensive divine knowledge to counsel patients regarding death and dying issues. Answer calls to deliver divine services in emergency situations, including code blue. Collaborate with inter-disciplinary teams to deliver psycho, social, and spiritual services to patients and families. Provide pain management strategies and psychosocial support to clients recovering from substance abuse and work injury/illness. Key Contributions:

Delivered spiritual and psychosocial support to patients with limited life expectancy.

Supported suffering families by participating and delivering spiritual knowledge in weekly palliative IDT meeting and attending organ donor meeting.

In-House Hospice Patients at Sutter Memorial

Deliver quality support to terminal and dying patients/families by assessing emotional and spiritual conditions. Coordinate with inter-disciplinary teams as well as maintain records of patients visited.

Facilitated patients by reciting favorite scripture, poem, and religious ritual Gentiva Hospice- Modesto- 5-23 to Present

Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and families. Make assessment to Bereave person and visit on site to patients and do some Spiritual evaluations. Officiate Communion, conduct Funeral and on site Burial to patients. Provide Grief counseling to bereave family and love ones. Keep all patients EMR in confidentiality per HIPPA policy. Always Coordinate and Collaborate with Clinicians with patients visited for any follow up. Prayer provide as requested by patients and family. Always available for any patients who are actively dying for any Spiritual support. Coordinate with local Clergies per patients request or support. Bereavement- sent follow up letters to bereave family, offer support by phone and prayer. Conduct special Grief lessons to families at their homes who are having hard time coping. Applied Hospice, Rancho Cordova – 12/20- 11/21

Reverend Jim E. Garcines • Page 2

Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and families. Make assessment to Bereave person and visit on site to patients and do some Spiritual evaluations. Officiate Communion, conduct Funeral and on site Burial to patients. Provide Grief counseling to bereave family and love ones. Writing notes to patients visited. Keep all patients EMR in confidentiality per HIPPA policy. Always Coordinate and Collaborate with Clinicians with patients visited for any follow up. Prayer provide as requested by patients and family. Always available for any patients who are actively dying for any Spiritual support. Coordinate with local Clergies per patients request or support.

A PLUS HOSPICE -12/21- to Present Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and families. Make assessment to Bereave person and visit on site to patients and do some Spiritual evaluations. Officiate Communion, conduct Funeral and on site Burial to patients. Provide Grief counseling to bereave family and love ones. Keep all patients EMR in confidentiality per HIPPA policy. Always Coordinate and Collaborate with Clinicians with patients visited for any follow up. Prayer provide as requested by patients and family. Always available for any patients who are actively dying for any Spiritual support. Coordinate with local Clergies per patients request or support. Bereavement- sent follow up letters to bereave family, offer support by phone and prayer. Conduct special Grief lessons to families at their homes who are having hard time coping. KAISER -Modesto - Completed Training on Palliative Chaplain 3-6-2020 Providing support to Palliative patients and families, doing AAM, Initial and follow consults. Arrange family meeting, doing all notes. Provides comprehensive emotional and spiritual services to patient and caregivers, as well as staff and physicians and at bedside and over the phone. It include an initial spiritual assessment, ongoing support, liaison with the spiritual community. Had works as Team with other members of the Palliative Care Support services. Had ministers to a diverse population and their own faith traditions geared to their beliefs, cultural and ethnic belief system.

Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA

Chaplain, 2017 to 2019

Supported psychiatric and AODA patients by providing spiritual services to individual patients of all faiths. Delivered religious education beyond all faith and cultures. Organized and delivered spiritual services to individuals as well as groups. Provided multiple services, including Baptism, Funeral, and Memorial services and collaborated with persons in chapel regularly. Key Contributions:

Delivered quality support to 1,300 Psychiatric patients by reducing depression and stress through emotional & spiritual support.

Improved sick patients’ ability to handle stress through emotional and spiritual support/prayers.

Creating Plan of Care for 5150 patients from preventing Suicide Henry Mayo Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA

Trauma and Hospital Chaplain 2014 to 2015

Participated in regular meetings with Palliative team as well as delivered quality support for grieving families. Supported patients in Med-Surgeries, Telemetry, BHU, ICU, and DOU units by providing spiritual comfort. Collaborated with Bio-ethics and Organ donor; played integral role by sharing spiritual knowledge in family conference regarding patients, bio-ethics, as well as death/dying issues. Maintained proper documentations of all visited patients. Delivered quality training, supervise volunteers, and meet with local clergies. Key Contributions:

Proposed multiple spiritual services, including rituals, sacraments, prayers, and pastoral counseling by conducting meetings with inter-departmental teams.

Counseled staff and families in time of losses, crisis, parental conflicts, as well as grief and bereavement support.

UC Davis Medical Center – Sacramento, CA

Resident Chaplain, 2011 to 2014

Coordinated with multiple patients and execute range of spiritual disciplines. Conduced in-depth analysis of patients’ conditions as well as provided quality emotional and spiritual support to terminally ill as well as dying patients and family members. Secured records of visited patients by documenting spiritual and emotional condition of patients. Coordinated with hospice patients’ for palliation of terminally ill patient's pain, symptoms, and attending emotional and spiritual needs. Key Contribution:

Promptly responded to “code blue” notifications and ensured 24/7 availability.

Organized and managed weekly meetings with multiple Resident Chaplains to deliver divine knowledge.

Additional experience as Chaplain for Napa State Hospital Golden State Hospice Infinity Hospice, as Chaplain & Bereavement Coordinator for Lifeguard Hospice, as Chaplain for Bristol Hospice, as Chaplain for Gentiva hospice, as Resident Chaplain for UC Davis Medical Center, as Assistant Hospital Chaplain for Valley Medical Center, as Chaplain for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, as Police Chaplain, and as Chaplain Asian Immigrants.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Arts in Religion - Liberty University and Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, VA Master of Divinity - Free University, Bacolod City, Philippines Hospital Chaplaincy Ministry Associates - HCMA, Riverside, CA, 4 units CPE UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 1 unit CPE UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 4 units CPE Certifications

Board Certified Chaplain –BCC, Association of Professional Conservative Chaplain Certificates for 8 Modules of ELNEC-HEN (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Hospice Education Network)

Current CPR-Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification with AHA Certificate for Culturally Competent Palliative Care for Latinos, from California State University, Palliative Institute, San Marcos, CA

Reverend Jim E. Garcines • Page 4

Author

The Role of Spiritual Caregivers to the Terminally Ill Patients (Amazon.com) The Role of Spiritual Caregivers to the Terminally Ill Patients

(Xlibris Publishing)

Effective Biblical Parenting

Contact this candidate