Hospice Chaplain — Spiritual Care Leader

Angels Care Hospice; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Angels Care Hospice is seeking a Chaplain to provide spiritual care to patients, families, and caregivers in a hospice setting. The role includes spiritual assessments, care planning, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams to deliver compassionate support.

You will recruit community chaplains and volunteers, lead memorial services, and contribute to quality improvement within the hospice program.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv, or equivalent theological degree).

Responsibilities

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program.
• Develops individualized 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.
• Provides 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/caregiver
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
• Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Education

Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv, or equivalent theological degree)

Job description

Angels Care Hospice is seeking a Chaplain to provide spiritual care to patients, families, and caregivers in a hospice setting. The role includes spiritual assessments, care planning, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams to deliver compassionate support.

You will recruit community chaplains and volunteers, lead memorial services, and contribute to quality improvement within the hospice program.