Chaplain / Spiritual Caregiver

Catholic Health Initiatives; Breckenridge (MN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Spiritual Caregiver in Home Health & Hospice. You will deliver compassionate care, focusing on spiritual support for patients and families during end-of-life journeys. This role includes coordinating bereavement services and providing education to hospice volunteers.

Qualifications

• Experience in bereavement support.
• Valid driver’s license and auto liability insurance per company policy.

Responsibilities

• Document spiritual assessments and care plans.
• Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and families.
• Coordinate bereavement services and support groups.

Skills

Bereavement support

Spiritual assessment

Communication

Education

Completion of pastoral care and bereavement training programs

Tools

CPR certification

Job description

Responsibilities

SPIRITUAL CAREGIVER - Home Health & Hospice

Your time at work should be fulfilling, rewarding, and inspiring. Join CHI Home Health and Hospice to provide compassionate, personalized care in the home. Our skilled staff offer end-of-life care for patients wherever they call home, focusing on those with life-limiting diagnoses. As a Spiritual Caregiver, you play an essential role in supporting patients' life journeys.

Under the supervision of the agency Director, the Hospice Spiritual Care Provider is responsible for delivering spiritual and bereavement care to hospice clients, families, staff, and volunteers.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. Document assessment, planning, and coordination of spiritual care:
2. Complete spiritual assessments documented in the electronic medical record
3. Develop patient/family care plans with individualized goals and interventions
4. Complete spiritual assessments within five calendar days of admission

1. Meet spiritual care needs of patients and families:
2. Make visits as per frequency order; notes should reflect ongoing assessment of spiritual needs
3. Increase visits or contacts as patient status declines
4. Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and families
5. Coordinate spiritual care with community clergy as directed by the plan of care

1. Coordinate agency bereavement services:
2. Complete initial bereavement assessment within 4-6 weeks of request
3. Develop and document bereavement care plans
4. Offer grief/loss counseling as indicated
5. Coordinate bereavement mailings
6. Conduct agency grief support groups
7. Organize hospice memorial events and community grief education

1. Facilities and coordinates in-services, presentations, and special events:
2. Assist in providing education for hospice volunteers
3. Coordinate and assist with special event development
4. Provide spiritual education to hospice team
5. Participate in committees addressing hospice issues and needs

Qualifications

• Appropriate education for spiritual care providers; experience in bereavement support
• Completion of pastoral care and bereavement training programs
• CPR certification
• Valid driver’s license and auto liability insurance per company policy

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of spiritual assessment and intervention techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Overview

CommonSpirit Health was formed through the merger of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With over 700 care sites across the U.S., including clinics, hospitals, home-based, and virtual care services, we serve nearly one in four Americans. We are committed to building healthy communities, advocating for the vulnerable, and innovating healthcare delivery both inside and outside hospitals.

Pay Range

$17.93 - $24.66 per hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.