Hospice Interfaith Spiritual Care Chaplain

Pasco Southwest Home Health; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Hospice Chaplain to provide spiritual care to patients and families in the hospice program.

The role involves assessment, care planning, direct spiritual care, and collaboration with community chaplains and the interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include maintaining records, attending care conferences, coordinating education and support, recruiting volunteers and clergy, and participating in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team/group.
• Comfort in an interfaith setting.
• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.

Responsibilities

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
• Facilitates development of the 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.
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
• Provides for 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/caregivers.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Interfaith sensitivity

Community networking

Transportation access

Education

BD/MDiv or equivalent

Job description

Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Hospice Chaplain to provide spiritual care to patients and families in the hospice program.

The role involves assessment, care planning, direct spiritual care, and collaboration with community chaplains and the interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include maintaining records, attending care conferences, coordinating education and support, recruiting volunteers and clergy, and participating in quality improvement initiatives.