Chaplain PRN Red Team

Description

Chaplain

We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that's offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together - one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.

We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:

• We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits!
• We support a work-life balance that allows you to contribute to high quality service while maintaining a good work life balance
• A work environment defined by openness, communication, good humor, mutual support and accountability
• A team striving for quality in all we do and continually seeking opportunities to improve

Position Description:
The Chaplain reports to the Facility Manager for direct supervision. The chaplain is specifically responsible for the provision of spiritual care as indicated in each patient's plan of care. This position is included as part of the interdisciplinary team. Spiritual care services are provided directly through coordination with other team members or by community chaplains or other spiritual counselors.

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:

• Certificate/degree from an accredited institution in the field of Pastoral Care or Theology (Master of Divinity preferred).
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training (one unit minimum, four units preferred).
• Ordination to function in a ministry of pastoral care by appropriate religious authority. If denomination does not ordain, or ordains only males, then must be commissioned to function in a ministry of pastoral care by an appropriate religious authority.
• Eligible for Associate Membership in the Association of Professional Chaplains.
• Minimum of one year of experience in pastoral care and comfort in an inter-faith setting.
• Knowledge of both the practice and management of pastoral care in a health care setting.
• Knowledge and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are required.
• Licensed driver with reliable transportation and auto insurance.

Our Benefit Offerings Include: Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA, Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance

Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day

Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs:

• Tuition Assistance
• Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement
• Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness: As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.
• Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU's and ongoing training

And More!!! : Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Smart Shopper Healthcare Consumer Savings Program, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Wellness Plan Discounts to include monthly incentives for participation and discounted gym memberships, Free Monthly Online Yoga Class, Generous Employee Referral Program

** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees

Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don't just accept differences-we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.