Hospice Chaplain

Job Description: Chaplain

Summary:

The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of the hospice either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors. The chaplain will serve as the bereavement coordinator in the absence or unavailability of the bereavement coordinator and perform a pre-death assessment and formulate a bereavement plan of care based on the current and ongoing assessments.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
• Facilitates the development in the interdisciplinary team/group plan of care.
• Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
• Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
• Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary team/group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary team/group.
• Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary team/group on spiritual care.
• Recruits community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers adequate to meet patient and family/caregiver needs by developing community contacts and offering education through congregations about hospice care.
• Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
• Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
• Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/families/caregivers.
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities as needed.
• Facilitates bereavement services
• Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
• Qualifications:
• Completed at minimal one unit of clinical pastoral education.
• Experience working with death and dying, individuals/families/caregivers.
• Ability to work as a member of interdisciplinary team/group.
• Comfort in an interfaith setting.
• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.
• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
• Hospice experience preferred
• A minimum of one unit of Pastoral Education

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• McDonough, GA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person