Part-Time Hospice Chaplain: Meaningful Spiritual Care

Trinity Health; Grand Haven (MI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Consistent workloads

Competitive pay & low-cost benefits

Supportive leadership

Career growth opportunities

Fast hiring process

Meaningful work

Job summary

Trinity Health At Home Grand Haven is seeking a part-time Hospice Chaplain to provide spiritual care across the care continuum, addressing distress, grief support, and life transitions.

You will collaborate with the care team, document assessments in the electronic medical record, and implement programs of spiritual care while engaging faith communities. A Master's degree and 1–3 years of experience are required; Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in theology, Religion, Spiritual Care or related field.
• 1–3 years of Spiritual Care experience; CPE training preferred.
• Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) strongly preferred via accredited bodies.

Responsibilities

• Makes available, delivers, and facilitates transformative Spiritual Care experiences to patients, residents, participants, visitors, and all colleagues across the healthcare continuum, and the communities served.
• Implements systems and processes to assess religious and spiritual needs, including needs for ethical consultation, and provide interventions or referrals based on the assessed needs.
• Makes timely, professional observations of apparent outcomes of Spiritual Care provided and adjusts the continued provision of Spiritual Care as needed.
• Documents in the electronic medical record professional Spiritual Care assessments (e.g. assessment of "spiritual distress") as determined, interventions as provided, and outcomes as observed with appropriate plans of care.
• Fosters the provision of generalized Spiritual Care to those served (e.g., screening for Spiritual Distress and responding to signs of spiritual distress, etc.) by non-Spiritual Care colleagues via programs of Spiritual Care education and direct modeling of Spiritual Care practices.
• Promotes and implements programs of workplace spirituality for and with colleagues in collaboration with the Spiritual Care Manager and the Mission Leader.
• Facilitates opportunities for interfaith or specific faith meditation, prayer, worship, and as appropriate participation in religious sacraments, sometime in collaboration with clergy or ministers from outside communities. Contributes to maintaining appropriate sacred space.

Skills

Spiritual Care delivery

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in theology or Spiritual Care

CPE training

Job description

Trinity Health At Home Grand Haven is seeking a part-time Hospice Chaplain to provide spiritual care across the care continuum, addressing distress, grief support, and life transitions.

You will collaborate with the care team, document assessments in the electronic medical record, and implement programs of spiritual care while engaging faith communities. A Master's degree and 1–3 years of experience are required; Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) is strongly preferred.