Chaplain Care Coordinator

Chaplain Joseph D. Hester

*** ***** ***, ******* *****, KY 42104 706-***-**** **********@*******.***

Minister with varied experience in pastoral care seeking opportunity to share gifts of mercy and compassion and provide spiritual and support and encouragement with patients, families and staff in a clinical setting.

Experience

2022 – Present Staff Chaplain

Owensboro Healthcare, Owensboro, KY

●Provide pastoral care for patients, family, and staff support for assigned units

Palliative Care, Pulmonary Unit, Cardiac & Step-Down Units, Women’s Center, NICU

●Conduct religious observances & memorial services

2017 - 2022 Wellstar Healthcare System

Manager of Spiritual Health (2019-present) – Spalding Regional Hospital, Griffin, GA

●Provide pastoral care for patients, family, and staff of 165 bed hospital

●Provide spiritual leadership through appointment to Ethics Committee, Employee Excellence Council, daily Leadership Huddle and adjunct member of Auxiliary Volunteer Group

●System-wide leadership through One Wellstar Spiritual Health Mangers Committee

●Collaborate with hospital administration to provide commemoration of special events/holidays, both civil and religious

Staff Chaplain (2017-2019) - Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

●Provide pastoral care for patients, family, and staff of 535 bed hospital

●Respond to traumas in Level 1 & 2 traumas

●Partner with medical and social services staff in providing holistic care for patients in four ICU units (60 beds)

●Coordinate with Director of Pastoral Care in providing educational/pastoral experiences for CPE students

●Develop relationships with staff members throughout the hospital to enhance support through counseling and pastoral guidance as desired by individual staff members

●Offer weekly spiritual care group

2013 - 2017 Senior Pastor

Lawtonville Baptist Church, Estill, SC

●Shepherd of congregation of 250 members

●Provide outreach into community

●Provide ecumenical worship services in conjunction with other local churches

2015 – 2017 Hospice Chaplain (PRN)

Agape Senior Hospice, Walterboro, SC

●In-home and in-patient pastoral care of hospice patients and families

●Caseload of five to ten patients depending on needs of Spiritual Care Coordinator

●Charting of each visit through Consolo

●Attendance at bi-weekly InterDisciplinary Group meetings as required

1998 - 2013 Senior Pastor

Damascus Baptist Church, Appling, GA

●Provided pastoral care to congregation of 500 members

●Served as administrator for office staff of five

2000 – 2013 Director of Pastoral Care

Doctor’s Hospital, Augusta, GA

●Provided pastoral care for patients, family, and staff of 285 bed hospital

●Provided pastoral care for 100 bed burn unit including long-term ministry to families

●Organized and led special services of worship

●Coordinated schedule & responsibilities for weekend chaplain

1999 – 2000 Chaplain

VA Hospital, Augusta, GA

●Provided pastoral care for patients, family, and staff

●Participated in planning and implementation of care for hospital

1997 – 1999 Hospice Chaplain

Trinity Hospital, Augusta, GA

●Provided ministry for hospice patients

●Served on multi-disciplinary team for holistic ministry

●Covered sixteen counties on-call weekly

1994 - 1996 Chaplain

University Hospital, Augusta, GA

●Provided pastoral care for patients, family and staff

●Served as Chaplain to University Health System’s two nursing homes

Education & Training

1995-1996 University Hospital. Augusta, GA – 3 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education

1996 Self Memorial Hospital, Greenwood, SC – 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education

1982-1985 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – Master of Divinity in Christian Ed

1977-1981 University of Alabama-Birmingham – Bachelor of Arts in History

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