PRN Hospice Chaplain

Puget Sound Home Health and Hospice is seeking an experienced PRN (moving to Full-time in the future) Hospice Chaplain for our Hospice division in Thurston, Grays Harbor, and Mason County ! We are looking for someone just as passionate as we are about providing quality patient care.

Benefits:

• $28-34 an hour, DOE
• Mileage reimbursement and Travel Stipend
• Employee referral program
• Flexible scheduling with one full day per week seeing 5 patients
• A fun, collaborative, and supportive team!

What does a Hospice Chaplain do?

• Chaplains provide spiritual and pastoral counseling to patients, families, or employees.
• Communicate plans to the registered nurse & the interdisciplinary group.
• Chaplains coordinate and plan religious services in conformance with the patient's religious needs.
• Lead, coordinate, and inspire an interdisciplinary team in providing holistic end-of-life care.
• Ensures bereavement/spiritual assessment and services are rendered in timely manner.
• Provides bereavement support to hospice personnel
• Plans for Bereavement Program development, expansion, and refinement through annual evaluation of services.
• Actively participate in hospice quality assessment performance improvement teams.
• Counsel patient and family/caregivers with identified coping difficulties.
• Coordinate bereavement and volunteer services with all hospice staff.
• Helps to possibly cover on call rotations for after hours and weekend needs.

What do we require of you?

• Theological education appropriate for chaplaincy is required (BD, MDiv, or equivalent theological degree).
• Demonstrates good verbal/written communication, and organization skills.
• Experience in a health care or hospice setting required.
• Experience providing grief counseling to individuals and/or families.
• Be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order.
• BLS certification required

About the company:

We pride ourselves on our quality of care and ethical business practices as well as our foundational Core Values of CAPLICO :

• C ustomer Second (Employee First)
• A ccountability
• P assion for Learning
• L ove One Another
• I ntelligent Risk Taking
• C elebration
• O wnership

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at