Visiting Nurse Association- Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator - Bereavement Services- Full Time

31 VNA Home Health and Hospice Services, Inc.; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Disability coverage

Tuition Reimbursement

403(b) Retirement Plan

Job summary

SolutionHealth is seeking a Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator to lead spiritual and bereavement care for patients, families, staff, and volunteers. You will assess needs, plan care, and document appropriately, working within a collaborative hospice team.

The role requires a graduate degree in a related field, at least two years of spiritual counseling experience, and two CPE units. It offers opportunities to engage with clergy and hospital pastoral care staff and contribute to community

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a related field (Thanatology, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Theology, Divinity, Philosophy, or related).
• Minimum of two years of experience in spiritual counseling and coordination of grief/bereavement work.
• Two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) are required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and documents spiritual and bereavement care for patients and families.
• Provides clinical notes and care plans for each visit or contact.
• Coordinates and supervises spiritual care services with home/hospital staff and local clergy.

Skills

Spiritual counseling

Bereavement coordination

Volunteer supervision

Communication with clergy

Education

Graduate degree in thanatology, sociology, social work, psychology, theology, divinity, philosophy

Job description

Come work at the best place to give and receive care! Job Description:

Who We Are:

The VNA HOSPICE team is an interdisciplinary group that works collaboratively to ensure our patients have dignity joy and comfort as they move toward the end of their lives. We support and educate patients, families, and caregivers throughout this journey. After death we provide ongoing support to those left behind, through our community bereavement program.

About the Job:

As a member of the Interdisciplinary Team, the Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator is responsible for the bereavement and spiritual care of all patients, families/friends, staff, and volunteers, regardless of their faith or beliefs. They seek to support others in their search for faith, meaning and hope, and to provide an informed ethical, theological, spiritual, and pastoral resource for individuals and the hospice team. They support and promote the growth of hospice services.

What You'll Do:

• Assesses, plan, implements, and documents spiritual and bereavement care to patients and families.
• Provides clinical notes/documentation care plans for each patient/family visit or contact.
• Provides spiritual and bereavement care as a member of the hospice team to hospice patients and caregivers.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and documents spiritual and bereavement care to patients and families.
• Provides clinical notes/documentation care plans for each patient/family visit or contact.
• Provides an assessment to identify the spiritual/religious needs of patient/caregiver unit and the bereavement needs of the surviving caregivers.
• Provides, coordinates, and supervises the provision of spiritual care services to patient/caregivers in the home setting and coordinates spiritual care in the inpatient setting with the patient/family’s local clergy and hospital pastoral care staff.
• Interviews, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers for spiritual care and bereavement volunteer programs in cooperation with the Coordinator of Volunteer Services.
• Ensures that Hospice’s policies and procedures include appropriate discussion of spiritual and bereavement concerns and develops new policies and procedures if appropriate.
• Provides appropriate workshops on bereavement and spirituality to volunteers who provide these services. This should include areas in which volunteers have expressed a particular interest or concern and should be offered at least twice a year.
• Coordinates communication with caregivers through bereavement assessments/visits, phone calls and letters for a minimum of one year and provides documentation of the contact.
• Spiritual and bereavement to communicate up until the 13th month following death.
• Plans, coordinates, and oversees Grief Recovery Support Groups for adults.
• Promotes hospice growth through the development of relationships with clergy and nursing facility staff and prepares community events.

Who You Are:

Education:

A relevant graduate degree in Thanatology, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Theology, Divinity, Philosophy, or other related field required.

Experience:

A minimum of two (2) years of experience in spiritual counseling and coordination of grief/bereavement work. A minimum of two (2) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Knowledge/course work in comparative religion. Ordained or otherwise credentialed.

Certification/Licensure:

May be Board certified in Chaplain or Palliative Care

Why You'll Love Us:

• Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage
• Competitive pay
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• And more!

Work Shift:

8 am-430pm

SolutionHealth is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. SolutionHealth is an integrated health system uniquely focused on providing access to high-value primary and specialty care that meets the growing needs of the communities we serve. Together, Southern New Hampshire Health and Elliot Health System, the founding members of SolutionHealth, are committed to innovative models of care and collaboration that improve the health and well-being of more than half of million residents of our region. We start with committing to do the right thing, for each patient, always.