What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Chaplain - Full time position at Bella Care Hospice?
Join the Bella Care Hospice Family and receive excellent pay and competitive benefits. Be proud of the company you work with and make a real difference in the lives of your patients and their families.
At Bella Care Hospice, we follow a family approach with our patients and for our employees who serve them. Our mission is to affirm and celebrate the significance of human life and recognize dying as a natural process. We carry out our mission by providing superior health, social, emotional, and spiritual services to our patients and their loved ones.
The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Agency, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
Responsibilities
- Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
- Facilitates development of the interdisciplinary team plan of care to meet identified spiritual needs.
- Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
- Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains. clergy and spiritual counselors.
- Documents and 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, clergy and spiritual counselors.
- Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care topics as needed.
- Engages community chaplains, clergy, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers appropriate to meet patient and family/caregiver needs by developing and maintaining a network of community contacts.
- Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
- Plans and facilitates periodic memorial services to meet the needs of families, caregivers, hospice personnel, volunteers, and general community.
- Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.
Skills
- Proven experience leading individuals on their personal spiritual journey while not imposing a specific set of personal values
- Knowledge of traditions and customs related to a variety of different belief structures and ability to get in contact with appropriate resources to meet the needs of the patient
- A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Responsible and compassionate
- Outstanding organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Patient with excellent problem-solving
- Ability to accurately document services provided with a variety of electronic devices and software.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Compensation Package
- Retention Award program with annual bonuses based on the seniority
- Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off
- Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
Requirements * Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree) preferred.
- Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver preferred.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 - $22.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
Work Location: On the road
Salary : $17 - $22
