What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Chaplain position at Elumina Health?
Please read carefully:Elumina Health and its newly-formed affiliate, Altera Life Care, is adding Hospice services to its home health agency in 2025. We are looking for an individual to be named as Chaplain and Spiritual Care Counselor on our Ohio license application. Actual duties will not start until we have patients under care, likely in July, 2025. Compensation arrangements are flexible and will be discussed during the interview process.
Overview
At Elumina Health we strive to do our BEST so that our patients can be their BEST. Our skilled home care agency is focused on providing high quality care and ensuring that the staff is equipped with the tools and skills to do just that! Elumina Health is a locally owned and operated agency in Columbus, Ohio and we are adding to our team due to growth!
To help drive our newest strategic initiative, we are seeking a skilled and compassionate individual to serve as the Chaplain and Spiritual Care Counselor for our hospice program. This is a new program, under development for our organization. This role will work very closely with the hospice administrator to develop operations for this startup.
Responsibilities
- Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
- Facilitates the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.
- Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
- Serves as liaison and support to community Spiritual Care Counselors 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 Spiritual Care Counselors and spiritual counselors.
- Attends patient care conferences and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
- Recruits community Spiritual Care Counselors, 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.
- Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
Experience & Qualifications
- Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree) or other counseling degree. Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.
- Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group.
- Comfortable 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.
- If making home visits, must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
- Hospice/experience preferred.
This role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about providing support during life's most challenging moments while fostering an environment of hope and healing.
Pay: From $80.00 per day
Work Location: In person
Salary : $80
