Melva McGlen

Ordained minister and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) chaplain intern with healthcare, ministry, and pastoral care experience supporting patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams during illness, crisis, grief, and end-of-life experiences. Experienced providing compassionate spiritual care in hospital settings including crisis response, bereavement support, family counseling, prayer, ritual, and emotional support within diverse faith traditions. Skilled in spiritual assessment, documentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and patient-centered care.

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Intern / Chaplain Intern at MD Anderson Cancer Center (2025-01 – Present)

Provide spiritual, emotional, and compassionate care to patients, families, and staff in a nationally recognized oncology setting.

• Conduct spiritual assessments to identify spiritual, emotional, religious, and coping needs of patients and families.
• Develop and contribute to individualized spiritual plans of care within interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Provide crisis response during deaths, code blues, serious illness events, and emotionally complex situations.
• Offer grief support, compassionate presence, prayer, blessing rituals, reflective listening, and spiritual counseling.
• Support patients and families navigating fear, uncertainty, loss, treatment decisions, and end-of-life concerns.
• Conduct independent patient rounds, typically serving 8–12 patients per shift.
• Serve on hospital response team, carrying pager responsibilities and providing urgent spiritual care coverage.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, and care teams regarding patient spiritual and ethical concerns.
• Facilitate chapel services, prayer experiences, Ash Wednesday ministry, and specialized blessings including stem cell blessings.
• Document encounters and care interventions in Epic EMR and complete shift duty reports in a timely manner.
• Practice spiritually sensitive care in an interfaith healthcare environment.

Ordained Minister / Elder / Pastoral Leader at The Lighthouse Church (Present)

Provide pastoral leadership, spiritual guidance, counseling, prayer ministry, and supportive care to individuals and families across diverse life experiences.

• Offer spiritual counseling, prayer support, and pastoral care during illness, grief, family crisis, and life transitions.
• Conduct prayer, worship, devotional, and ministry services.
• Support congregants and families during bereavement, hospitalization, and challenging life events.
• Serve in leadership and ministry roles including prayer ministry and community support initiatives.
• Demonstrate compassionate, faith-sensitive care across varying spiritual backgrounds and experiences.

Senior Executive Assistant / Program Coordinator at Children's National Medical Center (1998-01 – 2015-12)

Over 15 years supporting healthcare leadership within a pediatric healthcare environment.

• Supported executive healthcare leaders within complex clinical and academic medical environments.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams and healthcare professionals in fast-paced settings.
• Developed strong understanding of healthcare operations, patient-centered environments, confidentiality, and professional standards.

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Religion – Liberty University

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) in Pastoral Care – MD Anderson Cancer Center