Hospice Chaplain

Amedisys; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Amedisys, a leader in home health and hospice care, is seeking a Hospice Chaplain for their Florida Keys team. This position involves providing vital spiritual care and support to patients and their families, helping to navigate emotional and spiritual needs at critical times. This flexible role promises an enriching experience within a supportive community-focused environment, ideal for compassionate professionals wishing to make a meaningful impact on those they serve.

Benefits

Better work/life balance

Job stability

Opportunity for advancement

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Ordained or endorsed minister preferred.
• Familiarity with computer functions.

Responsibilities

• Provides spiritual care services to patients and families.
• Documents spiritual needs and participates in care plans.
• Offers direct spiritual counsel and resources.

Skills

Interfaith Comfort

Pastoral Care

Education

Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology

Job description

Overview

**This position is based in The Florida Keys and requires travel within the Upper and Lower Keys. It is PRN w/ Flex Schedule.**

Are you looking for a rewarding career in hospice? If so, we invite you to join our Marathon team at Amedisys, one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U.S. As a Hospice Chaplain, you are responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients/families/caregivers, either directly or through the coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.

Attractive pay

$29-$33/hr. *Compensation may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

Why Amedisys?

• Community-based care centers with a supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Better work/life balance and increased flexibility compared to other settings.
• Job stability and the opportunity to advance with a growing company.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families providing much needed care where they want to be - in their homes.

Enriching and Fulfilling Lives

Our Hospice care focuses on the whole person – combining medical care and support for emotional and spiritual needs, as well as support for loved ones and caregivers. Our nurses say they are following their calling and have a “Hospice Heart”.

TESTIMONIAL Our Hospice team immediately took to our family, everyone was important … they truly had an interest in how everybody was and that we were all taken care of. To be able to take care of someone that you don’t know when you walk through that door and to embrace them like your own family is great.” — ERIN, PATIENT’S DAUGHTER

Responsibilities

1. Represents a spiritual presence and connection with the religious/spiritual roots of the hospice movement.

2. Provides a constant reminder to hospice workers that, beyond the physical and emotional support given, patients may desire to have spiritual resources of their choosing.

3. Serves as a spiritual resource to team members and assists them in their growth or in dealing with their grief.

4. Documents the patient and/or family's religious/spiritual needs and resources on the intake/assessment form and completes progress notes in the patient's chart following each contact.

5. Raises, when appropriate in a patient care conference, the possibility of spiritual needs of the patient and family and reports interventions.

6. Provides, when invited, direct spiritual counsel, prayer and sacraments to patients and their families.

7. Interfaces with the patient/family's own clergyman, rabbi or congregation, if requested.

8. Encourages patients and families to plan the funeral, wills, requests, obituaries and interment in advance. Remains available to officiate at funeral services if requested.

9. Present at time of death, if requested.

10. Provides literature and spiritual resources that may be of assistance to patients and families.

11. Participates in the patient/family problem-oriented care plan.

12. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• Ordained and endorsed minister, priest, rabbi or a member of a religious order preferred or lay person with certified training in pastoral care. Professional experience in a religious agency or institution may be considered in lieu of a formalized education.

• One (1+) year of experience in a health care setting or with death and dying.

• Comfort working in an interfaith setting.

• Must be familiar with general use an functions of the computer, such as user names and password concepts; internet; email; navigation of computer desktop, including starting programs, using files, and windows, effectively use navigation buttons and tool bars; ability to self-manage online HR services and online training programs.

Preferred

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Divinity or equivalent theological degree or training).

If you’re looking for a home with a Nationwide Company where you can put your skills and experience to work, make a difference every day and pursue your goals for the future, join our Florida Keys team.

https://www.amedisys.com/careers/

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.