Hospice Chaplain

Anchor Health; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Health is seeking a Chaplain to deliver spiritual care to patients and families in the hospice program, coordinating with a team of interdisciplinary clinicians. The role includes assessment, care planning, direct spiritual support, and community liaison activities.

Responsibilities span documentation, attendance at care conferences, recruitment of chaplains/volunteers, memorial services, and participation in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree).
• Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual care assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and ensure timely services.
• Participate in comprehensive assessment to develop an individualized plan of care addressing identified spiritual needs.
• Provide direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
• Serve as liaison to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Maintain records of spiritual care services for quality assurance and policies review.
• Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Attend patient care conferences and interdisciplinary group meetings.
• Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
• Recruit community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and volunteers to meet patient/family needs; educate congregations about hospice care.
• Provide funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
• Plan periodic memorial services for personnel and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
• Assist in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/families/caregivers.
• Actively participate in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
• Accept and perform other related duties and responsibilities as required

Education

BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree

Job description

Anchor Health -

Are you looking for a work place where you can make a genuine difference?

Anchor Health is committed to the communities of which we serve, the patients and families we have the honor of caring for and the employees who have chosen us as their work family.

The Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Anchor Health LLC, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.

Requirements

• 1. Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
• 2. Facilitates the development of the individualized the plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.
• 3. Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
• 4. Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• 5. Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
• 6. Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• 7. Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
• 8. Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
• 9. 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.
• 10. Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
• 11. Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
• 12. Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.
• 13. Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
• 14. Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• 1. Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.