Marie A. Eastman
Rochester,USA
Summary
Seeking professional hospice chaplain responsibilities that will use my end-of-life chaplaincy, community building, spiritual care, and leadership skills. Board Certified Chaplain, BCC, M.Div., 7 CPE Units (4 at Level II). Ordained Interfaith Minister by Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, after completing 2-year interfaith program. Hospice chaplaincy experience and extensive training in pastoral care and leadership. Strong business skills, with demonstrated success in providing spiritual care and community leadership.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospice Chaplain
Cornerstone VNA
03.2022 - 08.2023
- Provided spiritual care as member of interdisciplinary hospice care team. Assisted with case consultations; planned and led patient memorial services, as needed; led grief support group for family members of patients; and provided emotional support and spiritual care to team members; traveled to serve patients and families in their homes, and as needed, in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Charted in electronic medical records and maintained confidentiality of records as required.
Staff Chaplain
Ochsner Health System
09.2011 - 08.2020
- Ministered to diverse patients, families, and staff members, meeting spiritual and emotional needs day-to-day and in times of crisis, personal tragedy, stress, and loss of life. Provided interventions in Emergency Room and all other departments; created and implemented plans and programs for quality interfaith chaplaincy services in 135-bed community hospital. Led and participated in public interfaith worship, as appropriate. Offered weekly Centering Prayer in hospital chapel attended by patients, family members and staff. Served regional hospital system covering 12-24-hour on-call shifts in 585-bed main-campus hospital, as scheduled. Following 1-year CPE residency, earning 3 units of CPE (9/11-8/12), continued as Staff Chaplain.
Chaplain Resident
WellSpan Health, Level 1 Trauma Center
08.2008 - 08.2009
- Provided interfaith chaplaincy services to diverse hospital populations, offering spiritual/emotional care to patients, families, and staff throughout Level 1 trauma center and 100-bed community hospital clinical assignment, where I served as the only staff chaplain. Created and implemented plans and programs for effective interfaith ministry in community hospital served by one CPE resident and volunteer local clergy chaplains.
- Covered 24-hour on-call shifts in 565-bed Level 1 trauma center, responding to trauma calls within 10 minutes of receiving calls.
- Created and facilitated two didactic sessions on the Enneagram for an extended unit CPE student group and for my own CPE peer group.
- Served as teaching resource for community program pairing new dialysis patients with other patients with dialysis experience to serve as peer-coaches; created and delivered interpersonal communication training content to coaches and new dialysis patients.
Student
Chaplaincy Institute of Maine
09.2006 - 06.2008
- Training included interfaith chaplaincy internship at Maine Correctional Center, Windham, Maine, under the supervision of the prison chaplain. Co-facilitated women’s grief support group, supervised men’s Wicca study-discussion group, and assisted with all worship leadership.
Account Executive
GreenPages, Inc
01.2005 - 02.2006
- Marketed and sold wide array of technology products and services to clients nationwide. Serviced and maintained accounts with corporations, healthcare providers and financial institutions. Applied a consultative, solutions-oriented sales process to close new business. Advised and consulted with executive management and key decision makers at companies on technology purchase decisions. Demonstrated knowledge of storage solutions, infrastructure, Internet security, and business impact for regulatory compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
- Served as a valued resource liaison on all products, services, and end user concerns.
- Made key presentations to C-level executives on technology deployments designed to meet individual business requirements.
- Established client relationship that resulted in complex sale of a server virtualization and back-up system to meet disaster recovery and business continuity needs of a client with multiple manufacturing facilities.
Marketing Consultant / Web Design & Hosting
Mae & Associates / Emaestra
10.2002 - 01.2005
- Consulted with clients on marketing messaging, collateral development, and brand management. Handled press relations, coordinated partner events, and reseller recruitment. Conducted in-depth marketing research and reported on results. Wrote on-line content; developed, and maintained websites for variety of small-business clients, products, and services.
- Ghost wrote article, meeting editor’s deadline resulting in client’s product published in technical trade magazine.
Care Provider
Family Caregiver
10.2002 - 01.2003
- Provided loving home-based care to elderly parent with Alzheimer’s. Assisted with daily living routines, coordinated tasks with Personal Care Assistant (PCA) and managed overnight family member and hired caregiver schedules.
International Account Manager - Europe
WebCT
11.2001 - 10.2002
- Accountable for new European business development and reseller channel management for enterprise-class software platform for worldwide higher education markets. Managed channel partner participation at international trade shows and educational conferences. Planned and facilitated publication of web page content for online reseller resources.
Education
Masters of Divinity - Religious Leadership
Earlham School of Religion
Richmond, INMasters Business Administration - International Marketing
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts - Major-German, Minor-French
University of Maine
Skills
- Hospice Chaplaincy
- Community Outreach Initiatives
- Pastoral Care
- Coaching
- Relationship & Project Management
- Communications & Presentations
- Team Building & Leading
- Conflict Resolution
- Budget Administration
Affiliations
- Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
- Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition (EANT)
- Order of Universal Interfaith (OUnI)
- Quakers in Pastoral Care and Counseling (QPCC)
- United Church of Christ (UCC)
CHAPLAINCY, HOSPICE, WORSHIP LEADERSHIP, AND 7 UNITS CPE
- Ordained Interfaith Minister with success in both business and spiritual care
- Skilled in both corporate and chaplaincy settings in active listening to clearly understand needs and build rapport with diverse individuals and multi-generational groups.
- Talented, committed worship leader, able to reach and inspire diverse UCC and interfaith worship communities.
- Confident speaker, communicator (written and verbal) with in-depth understanding of both pastoral leadership and business aspects of ministry.
- Compassionate and caring advocate for hospice concept, experienced in end-of-life issues, advance directives, and stages of grief. Highly effective in offering spiritual care to patients, families, and staff.
- Experienced in training professionals and peers in best practices, technology, and interpersonal communication.
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and readily embrace new programs and technologies.
- Interested in Taizé worship, hospice singing, puppet ministry, clowning, and outdoor youth ministry.
Certification
Board Certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
Certified in Interactive Guided Imagery
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Full Professional
German
Professional Working
Dutch
Limited Working
Timeline
Hospice Chaplain
Cornerstone VNA
03.2022 - 08.2023
Staff Chaplain
Ochsner Health System
09.2011 - 08.2020
Chaplain Resident
WellSpan Health, Level 1 Trauma Center
08.2008 - 08.2009
Student
Chaplaincy Institute of Maine
09.2006 - 06.2008
Account Executive
GreenPages, Inc
01.2005 - 02.2006
Marketing Consultant / Web Design & Hosting
Mae & Associates / Emaestra
10.2002 - 01.2005
Care Provider
Family Caregiver
10.2002 - 01.2003
International Account Manager - Europe
WebCT
11.2001 - 10.2002
Masters Business Administration - International Marketing
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts - Major-German, Minor-French
University of Maine
Masters of Divinity - Religious Leadership
Earlham School of Religion
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