Coordinator Bereavement

Mclaren-Health-Care; Davison (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan seeks a Bereavement Services Coordinator to administer bereavement programs, provide spiritual support, and align services with client wishes and beliefs. You will develop a plan of care, coordinate grief counseling via phone, office visits, home visits or groups, and ensure timely delivery.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, pastoral education, or related field, plus six months of bereavement experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in social work, psychology, counseling, pastoral education, or related field.
• Six months experience in bereavement programs or support activities.
• Current state driver’s license and proof of valid automobile insurance

Responsibilities

• Develops a bereavement plan of care that notes the kind of bereavement services to be offered and the frequency of service delivery.
• Provides bereavement services including spiritual support and any other counseling services for the client and family consistent with the bereavement plan of care.
• Coordinates the assessment and delivery of bereavement and grief counseling needs and services (via phone, office visits, home visits, groups and ongoing follow-up) to ensure timely and appropriate services are provided to client/family/caregivers.

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary: Ensures the overall administration and implementation of bereavement services provided while adhering to Medicare and state-specific regulations. Provides assistance with issues related to grief and loss, as well as spiritual support and any other counseling services for the client and family in keeping with their desires and belief system.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1.Develops a bereavement plan of care that notes the kind of bereavement services to be offered and the frequency of service delivery.

2.Provides bereavement services including spiritual support and any other counseling services for the client and family consistent with the bereavement plan of care.

3.Coordinates the assessment and delivery of bereavement and grief counseling needs and services (via phone, office visits, home visits, groups and ongoing follow-up) to ensure timely and appropriate services are provided to client/family/caregivers.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in social work, psychology, counseling, pastoral education, or related field.
• Six months experience in bereavement programs or support activities.
• Current state driver’s license and proof of valid automobile insurance

Preferred:

• Experience providing support to clients and families dealing with life threatening illness or death.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 8:00am - 4:30pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.