Veeken Baldeosingh
Charleston,WV
Summary
Veeken Baldeosingh is a driven and prepared Chaplain with excellent people skills, leadership skills, and pastoral care just to name a few. He is prepared to serve with determination and empathy, providing skilled clerical support in an interfaith setting, to both religious and non-religious persons. He's equipped to work in various environments which demonstrate competency in both medical and non-medical alike. Combining dedicated work ethic with the ministry of presence, determined to communicate clearly, and effectively by providing pastoral, spiritual care to patients, family, and staff.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Chaplain
WVU Medicine - Thomas Memorial Hospital
01.2024 - Current
- Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate spiritual care and support to individuals and families during challenging times.
- Enhanced hospital staff morale with regular pastoral visits, active listening, and empathetic communication.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans that addressed patients'' physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Counseled and provided care to patients with life-threatening illnesses to help families respond effectively to approaching death of loved one.
- Visited and counseled patients, families and staff concerning death and dying by providing direct spiritual care.
- Supplied spiritual care for diverse religious needs of patients, family and staff such as grief and bereavement support.
- Responded to code blues and other emergencies to verify patient identity and engage and support family.
- Provided spiritual guidance, emotional support and direct care to residents, family members and staff.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
Staff Chaplain
Dignity Health, Community Hospital San Bernardino
04.2022 - 01.2024
- Providing spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in an interfaith environment.
- Facilitating grief support to patients, staff, and families.
- Providing spirituality groups to mentally ill patients, and children.
- Caring for hospital staff and patients through weekly prayers over the hospital PA system.
- Praying for the prayer requests of patients, and staff from the prayer request boxes. Patients and staff leave prayer request in prayer box asking Chaplain's to pray for them.
- Caring for patients in ICU, Telemetry, Neurological Care Unit's, Emergency Department, Pediatric Adult CCC, Behavioral Health Unit's East/North, around the hospital.
- Attending Leadership Meeting's with Managers. Updating managers on staffing availability, safety issues, and any new updates within the Chaplain Spiritual Care Department.
- Prayer for managers and staff at leadership meetings.
- Hospital Safety Coach - Observing employee's work behaviors and provide real-time feedback to prevent events of harm. The goal is to keep all of our patient's free of harm.
Chaplain Resident
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Providing spiritual and emotional care to patients, families, and staff in an interfaith environment.
- Helping patients, families, and staff in dealing with issues of death, grief, crisis, and bereavement.
- Develop and implement spiritual assessment on patients.
- Provide daily and periodic on-call coverage.
- Experienced and skilled in ICU chaplain care, palliative care, and various care units.
- Participate in donor walks, working with an interdisciplinary team, leading in staff huddles, and leading in interfaith services.
Direct Care Staff
Bridgman Assisted Living
01.2012 - 08.2020
- Serving and assisting in preparing meals.
- Serving medication
- Caring for the personal wellbeing of residents.
- Ambulating and lifting of residents.
- Grocery shopping for residents.
Direct Care Staff
Sylva Villas Adult Foster Care Home
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Serving and assisting in preparing meals.
- Serving medication and caring for personal needs of residents.
- Ambulating and lifting of residents.
- Grocery shopping for residents.
Education
Master of Divinity (MDIV) - Divinity - Chaplaincy Concentration
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Berrien Springs, MI08.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Religion in Biblical And Theological Studies
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI05.2017
Pharmacy Technician Training Program -
Lake Michigan College
Benton Harbor, MI2011
High School Diploma -
Berrien Springs High School
Berrien Springs, MI2004
Skills
- Software Proficiency: (EHR) Electronic Health Records Cerner, Epic & Meditech
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to properly chart and document patient and family assessments
- Fully proficient in computer skills: typing= 33-50 wpm
- Internet proficiency and use of any software or program
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work in fast-paced environment and slow-paced environments
- Proficient at working on-site and remotely
- Leadership skills
- Pastoral care and visitation
Additional Information
- Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) Board Certified Eligible.
- Working with Palliative Care Patients, and families throughout my residency.
- On-Call Expertise
- Lead in Donor Walks
- Served as main chaplain in various units such as ICU, Palliative Care, Cardiac ICU, Neuro ICU, Medical Acute Gynecology, Orthopedics, Surgical Acute Bariatrics, Neuro-monitoring, and ER.
- Ability to earn the respect of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Certification
Ecclesiastical Endorsement
Ecclesiastical Endorsement, (ACM) Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries
Issued: 2023
Four Units of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Level I & Level II
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
Issued: Aug 2021
Personal Qualities
- Ability to lead
- Communicates well with work colleagues
- Very Cooperative
- Team player and hard working
- Reliable and Responsible
- Understanding and Good Listener
- Flexible and willing to learn
Ministry Experience
Ordained Elder/Minister, Southern Asian Adventist Community Church January 2023 - January 2024
Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventist
- Ministering to the needs of the church through:
- Preaching/Teaching/Prayer/Participation in service preparation.
Ordained Elder/Minister, The Grace Place SDA Church 2018 -2019
Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventist
- Ministering to the needs of the community through:
- Prayer/Preaching/Serving/Media/Evangelism/Videography/& Teaching.
Timeline
Staff Chaplain
WVU Medicine - Thomas Memorial Hospital
01.2024 - Current
Staff Chaplain
Dignity Health, Community Hospital San Bernardino
04.2022 - 01.2024
Chaplain Resident
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
08.2020 - 08.2021
Direct Care Staff
Bridgman Assisted Living
01.2012 - 08.2020
Direct Care Staff
Sylva Villas Adult Foster Care Home
01.2005 - 01.2007
Master of Divinity (MDIV) - Divinity - Chaplaincy Concentration
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Arts - Religion in Biblical And Theological Studies
Andrews University
Pharmacy Technician Training Program -
Lake Michigan College
High School Diploma -
Berrien Springs High School
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