Hospice Chaplain

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
• Develops an individualized the 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 chaplains 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 chaplains 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.
• Recruits 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.
• Assists the Director of Bereavement in maintaining a bereavement program to meet the needs of families/caregivers for 13 months following the death of a patient to ensure compliance with all state, federal, and CHAP regulatory requirements.
• Ensures the initial bereavement assessment is completed, or assigned to appropriate team member.
• Ensures a condolence call is made, or assigned to be made to the bereaved.
• Assigns and oversees volunteers making bereavement calls.
• Assists with maintaining, organizing, and updating support group schedule.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.  Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree) preferred 
• One or more unit(s) of Clinical Pastoral Education preferred
• Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group
• Comfort in an interfaith setting
• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs and values
• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations
• Hospice experience preferred
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order