Chaplain

Chaplain Opportunity

Brighten Life Home Health and Hospice in Blanding is hiring a Chaplain to join our team! The Chaplain is responsible for providing spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Brighten Life Hospice LLC, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors. $35.00/hr PRN

Responsibilities

• Assure spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
• Facilitate the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.
• Provide direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
• Serve as a liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Maintain records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
• Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Attend patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
• Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
• Recruit 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.
• Provide for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.

Qualifications

• One year experience in a Health Care setting.
• Have a bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Must have experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• Must possess the ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group.
• Must demonstrate comfort in an interfaith setting.
• Must possess the ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Must possess the ability to network with the community, clergy, and congregations.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.