What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Chaplain position at Bella Terra Home Health?
Bella Terra Home Health and Hospice is committed to providing comfort, compassion, and care to those we serve. Whether at home or in a facility, we hope to enhance the quality of life for your loved one.
We are a dedicated team of local professionals focused on delivering personalized home health and hospice care with an emphasis on quality and excellence.
Bella Terra Home Health and Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Chaplain to join our team! As a Chaplain with Bella Terra, you will have the opportunity to advance your career while receiving strong compensation and excellent benefits.
JOB SUMMARY
The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc., either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
- Assure spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner
- Facilitate the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs
- Provide direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers
- Serve as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors
- Maintain records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision
- Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors
- Attend patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group
- Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care
- Recruit 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
- Actively participate in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities
- Provide for funeral or memorial services for patients
- Plan periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team
- Assist in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology Preferred (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree).
- Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver
- Hospice/ experience preferred
- Ability to work as 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
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order
Pay Range: $30 - $35/hr
Why Bella Terra Home Health and Hospice?
Bella Terra Home Health and Hospice is part of the Cornerstone Group with about 75 home health and hospice agencies throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Inland Empire!
What makes us unique? At Bella Terra Home Health and Hospice, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:
- Celebration
- Accountability
- Passion for Learning
- Love One Another
- Intelligent Risk Taking
- Customer Second
- Ownership
We’d love to meet with you if you are passionate about giving exceptional patient care and creating the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Inland Empire!
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.
Salary : $30 - $35
