What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Chaplain position at Presbyterian Homes & Services?
Overview
Presbyterian Homes & Services – Optage Hospice is expanding to a community near YOU! Our ideal candidate is not only passionate about Hospice and Palliative Care within a caring Christian environment, but also excited to be a foundational member in this opportunity to expand our mission to our greater Milwaukee / Waukesha County areas ! We are seeking a Chaplain to join our team supporting these communities.
Our employees enjoy a rich workplace culture where team members are valued and supported by leadership in an environment that embraces and encourages whole person high quality care.
We are seeking Chaplain to join our team working in the Milwaukee metro area. In this position you will play a critical role in caring for older adults at the end of life - not only physically, but emotionally, socially, mentally, and spiritually. This position will start as a part-time day position Monday through Friday, as well as participation in an equitable on call rotation, with the ability to grow into full time as we grow.
Our employees enjoy :
- a thorough and supportive onboarding process
- manageable daily workload assignments that allow provision of high caliber patient and family care
- thoughtful caseload development with consideration to geographic location(s) and patient / dynamic acuity
- generous field support with both Visit and Admission Nurses
- routine education and CEU offerings
- company provided cell phone and technology devices
- mileage reimbursement at the federal rate
Optage Hospice is a well-established program based from the Twin Cities, MN that has been serving older adults and their families for over 12 years. As a part of Presbyterian Homes & Services, we are a mission driven, faith-based organization with a strong and supportive team culture, pledging to do the right thing, because it is the right thing to do.
If you have a passion for Hospice and enjoy working with older adults, we would love to talk with you!
Responsibilities
The Hospice Chaplain develops and implements a spiritual care program to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of clients and their families. General areas of responsibility include : visiting and counseling clients and families to ease, resolve, or reconcile spiritual pain and distress precipitated by life-limiting illness; providing religious, sacramental and educational services; participating in client care conferences and specialized; liaison to the church community and local clergy service organizations. The Chaplain also provides support through client / family advocacy, spiritual assessment, service coordination and participation in care planning
Qualifications
Completion of four (4) units of CPE or one (1) unit plus equivalency.
