Spiritual Care Counselor, PRN

Spiritual Care Counselor, PRN

This is a PRN Opportunity! 


We are looking for a PRN Spiritual Care Counselor to join our Big Bend Hospice (BBH) team! As a BBH Spiritual Care Counselor, you will provide spiritual counseling and emotional support to hospice patients and families based on the patient/family’s spirituality, religion, belief system, or philosophy of life, while remaining a neutral presence. Our Spiritual Care Counselors actively support, empower, and encourage connection in ways comfortable and familiar for the patient/family throughout their time on hospice services. 

Work Schedule/Hours - PRN, rotating on-call schedule evenings and weekends.

Travel Requirement - You must have a reliable vehicle and be willing to be dispatched throughout our service areas. This position will cover the following counties: 

• Jefferson
• Madison
• Taylor 
• Leon 

Our Spiritual Care Counselors go directly to the patient's homes, hospitals, facilities, or wherever the patient calls home to provide support and compassionate care. 


 

Hospice work is not a job – it’s a calling.

Caring for patients and their families at the end of life requires exceptional people with the spirit and commitment to providing compassionate care.

Big Bend Hospice has been the “Hometown Hospice” in the Florida Big Bend area since 1983. Our non-profit's mission is to “inspire hope by positively impacting the way our community experiences serious illness or grief one family at a time.”

Big Bend Hospice strives to be the employer of choice and is committed to providing the education, tools, and work environment to allow employees to perform at their best. For more information about Big Bend Hospice, visit bigbendhospice.org or us on Instagram or Facebook.

Our Culture

Our culture is cultivated using the following values:

• Integrity - We demonstrate integrity in everything we do
• Accountability - We hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards
• Respect - We respect our patients and the families we serve, and we respect one another
• Stewards - We are good stewards of our resources
• Innovation - We strive for increased knowledge and explore innovative ways to fulfill our mission
• Excellence - We are committed to excellence and helping each employee reach their highest potential

Qualifications and Duties

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 
(Includes, but not limited to)

• Assess, identify, and create a care plan for the spiritual/emotional needs of patients and/or families. 
• Develops, initiates, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive spiritual care plan for the achievement of patient, family, and caregiver goals and for regulatory compliance. 
• Completes life reviews with patients and educates them on the dying process and end-of-life stages while reinforcing the plan of care. 
• Assists with Advance Directives upon request. 
• Offers and provides pre- and post-mortem sacramental ministry and rites of the sacred upon request of pt/family or arranges for appropriate clergy/support persons to do so.  
• Contacts outside clergy/support persons or faith communities on behalf of the patient or family as requested.  Documents in EMR contact and a progress note.  Completes follow-up as needed.
• Maintains an effective spiritual care relationship with patient/family/caregiver. Supervisory visits reflect effective relationships based on rapport and methods of communication to provide appropriate spiritual care.
• Plans and officiates at funerals, memorial services, and other services for the families/patients of 7 Oaks Healthcare/Big Bend Hospice as requested.
• Communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team about spiritual, ethnic, cultural, ethical, and grief issues of patients and families.
• Clearly documents all patient/family contacts to include assessment, observations, interventions, evaluations, and outcomes on all spiritual care forms including, but not limited to Assessments, Progress/Clinical Notes, Care Plan, and Discharge/Death Summaries.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) institution, seminary, or theological school in a context relevant to spiritual counseling/chaplaincy/pastoral care, such as divinity, theology, psychology, counseling, family systems, world religions, thanatology.  

• Completion of at least 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is required. Preference will be given to candidates with 4 units of CPE; however, clinical experience in a hospice setting may be considered as a substitute for the CPE requirement.

• Two or more years of clinical pastoral support experience and/or hospice clinical spiritual support experience. Hospice preferred. 

• Preferred hospice, hospital, or clinical setting experience, but not required.

Join a Team that inspires hope!

Big Bend Hospice is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We celebrate diversity without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.

Salary : $25 - $26