Support Services

Duke Raleigh Hospital chaplains offer spiritual care, counseling, and emotional support to our patients, families, and staff. The Chaplain Services Department also offers the following services:

• Spiritual assessment, intervention, comfort, and nurturing
• Facilitation and support of religious practices of all faiths and spiritual paths
• Non-judgmental listening
• Crisis intervention
• Advocacy for patients and staff
• Coordination of bereavement and decedent care services
• Collaboration with all members of the health care team
• Consultations on advance directives, end-of-life decisions, and ethical issues

To request a visit from a chaplain on weekdays, call Chaplain Services at 919-812-7972. During the evening and weekends, ask your nurse to arrange for you to speak with a chaplain.

The John Knight Family Chapel is a sacred space located on the first floor of Duke Raleigh Hospital (in the connecting corridor between the North Pavilion and South Pavilion). The chapel is open for prayer, meditation, and reflection for persons of all faiths, as well as for regularly scheduled religious and spiritual-health related services. Please contact Chaplain Services at 919-812-7972. to discuss scheduling events or to reach the contact person for your faith group.

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) opportunities

The Department of Chaplain Services provides accredited Level 1 and 2 Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) to ministerial students, clergy, and interested lay people. Our CPE program is accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) located at 1 Concourse Pkwy, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30328. ACPE can be contacted by phone at 404-320-1472, by fax at 404-320-0849, and at www.acpe.edu. 

Currently, we offer an extended unit/parish-based internship unit (October-May), a summer intensive unit (May-August) and a three-unit CPE Residency that begins in August. For more information, please contact Donovan Waller at 919-954-3107 or download the CPE Unit residency application.

Learn more about the CPE opportunities at Duke Raleigh Hospital (PDF, 717 KB).

Duke Raleigh Hospital is recognized as leader in LGBTQ+ health care by the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index. Because we are part of the larger Duke University Health System, our LGBTQ+ identified patients gain access to all Duke’s unique LGBTQ support resources including services at the Duke Family Medicine Center.

Duke Resources:

• Adult Gender Medicine
• Duke Child and Adolescent Gender Care
• Duke Family Medicine & Community Health
• Duke Fertility Center
• LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
• Support for the LGBTQ+ Community

Case managers provide patient navigation services, working closely with the physician and health care team to coordinate your care during hospitalization to ensure you have the resources and services needed at discharge.

Case managers work with:

• you and your health care team to make sure you and your family understand and can actively participate in your plan of care
• your insurance company to obtain authorization for hospital services based on your insurance plan and benefits
• health care agencies to coordinate home care ordered by your doctor for after you leave the hospital
• you, your health care team, and insurance company to coordinate your discharge needs

Duke Raleigh Hospital’s Department of Case Management can be reached at 919-954-3955, seven days a week from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Duke Raleigh Hospital’s cancer center clinics also offer the services of a clinical social worker, Monday-Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and can be reached at 919-862-5400.
 

Interpreters are available free of charge to patients that are hearing impaired, have difficulty speaking, or understanding English. Please contact your nurse if you need interpreter assistance.