Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL

10.8.2009
Status	active
Type	Agency
Denomination	N/A
Contact Info	Office for Mission & Spiritual Care 2320 East 93rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60617 773-967-5775

Community Description:

Hospital Established 1895

Mission Statement:
To offer excellent health care to individuals, families and the community by delivering the best clinical outcomes and service.

Trinity is part of Advocate Health Care, one of the top health care systems in the country and the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois. Advocate Trinity Hospital is a not-for-profit health care facility located on Chicago's southeast side.

Overview
• 250-bed hospital

* Offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services as well as a variety of community

Out reach programs

* Expanded emergency department provides treatment for a broad range of conditions and also provides asthma care rooms; "Fast Track" available 24 hours a day for non-life threatening cases

Key Site Accomplishments
Trinity Hospital has received national and regional recognition, including:

* The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development's Circle of Distinction award

* The Arthur Anderson Best Practices award for motivating and retaining employees
* The Innovative Practice award for mid-size companies from the Society for Human

Resource Management

The "1998 Innovative Program of the Year" award from the United Church of Christ's Council for Health and Human Service Ministries

Clinical Excellence

* Cardiovascular Services - Includes EKG, Holter Monitoring, Stress Electrocardiogram Testing, Helical computed tomography (CT) scanning, Echocardiogram, Arterial/Venous Flow Studies and others; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiac Rehabilitation; and Pediatric

Cardiology Clinic

* Mother-Baby Unit - Personalized care including private birthing suites and a Level II special care nursery providing sophisticated care and high-tech capabilities
* Endoscopy Suites - this suite provides state-of-the-art video endoscopy equipment installed along with computer monitoring equipment. The lab will allow for bronchoscopy procedures to be performed there and also provides more space to treat endoscopy patients.

* Diabetes - For inpatients, a registered nurse is available to teach newly diagnosed diabetes patients the basics of diabetes monitoring. Following discharge from the hospital, a dietitian offers outpatient education to individuals

Community Commitment
Because wellness is a lifetime commitment, Advocate Trinity Hospital's Healthy Communities Initiatives department offers more than 200 programs and services each year that include a wide variety of screenings, educational wellness lectures, support groups and more, including:

* Safe Home; Safe Baby
* Senior Advocate Breakfast Club
* Partnering for Healthy Kidneys
* Breathing Easier
* Disease Management Hotline
* School of Radiologic Technology
* School of Respiratory Care

Advanced Technology

* Electronic intensive care unit (eICU®) monitoring offers patients around-the-clock, real-time audio and video monitoring of ICU patients from one central command center

* A new diagnostic imaging center has the latest in imaging technology, including a 16-slice CT scanner, two digital radiology rooms and a nuclear medicine camera

Statistics
Admissions 11,412
Deliveries 1635
Diagnostic Imaging 77,083
Emergency department visits 36,255
Outpatient registrations 42,331
Surgeries 18,51

Position Description:

* Develop skills in delivering pastoral care to patients, families, staff and physicians in the emergency room, intensive care, telemetry, surgery, medical and various out-patient settings * Develop skills for the creation of creating and leading private and hospital level worship and specialty/religious services * Opportunities to lead/facilitate support groups

Supervisor:

Brenda Jackson

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