Bereavement Coordinator - Bereavement

**Job Requirements** **POSITION SUMMARY:** To be fully engaged in providing No Harm / Quality, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by providing high quality bereavement services to surviving hospice families and the community at large in a safe environment. **PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:** **Quality/No Harm:** * Knowledgeable of NPSG's (i.e suicidal assessment) as impacts Bereavement interventions, activities. * Verify the accessibility/survivor: staff ratio to ensure activity safety (i.e. Holiday Gathering/Memorial Service/New Beginnings) * Provides quality and timely Bereavement Interventions within 30 days of patient's death unless otherwise indicated thru documentation. (high risk 15 days) * Will maintain a minimal monthly average of 3 visits per day to include a minimum of 50 % initial home assessments. * Represents Bereavement in Quality Improvement activities such as Joint Practice, form revision. * Maintains and improves clinical skills by attendance at 1 clinical educational opportunity, internal/external to Health First Inc. **Customer Experience:** * Is active in Survivor Support program through facilitation of support groups as assigned. Maintain and/or grow participation. * Ongoing involvement, collaboration and participation in Hospice programs, i.e. morning report, KIT volunteer training and education, IDT meetings, student internships, complaint resolution. **Stewardship:** * Recruits and maintains an active staff of Bereavement Volunteers * Demonstrates an awareness of timely and accurate clinical documentation and clinical * information in accordance with policy 93, meet deadlines established by Corporate Finance. * Assists with program fund raising as needed. **Work Experience** **QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:** * MA, MSW, Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counselor or BS with comparable work experience * Successful completion of Level II background screening * Demonstrates excellent oral/written communication skills * Demonstrates desire to work with intensive grief issues * Demonstrates ability to work well with interdisciplinary team * Demonstrates good organization skills * Demonstrates good listening skills **PHYSICAL DEMANDS:** * Have reliable transportation to make home visits * Must possess high energy level * Flexibility with time management **MENTAL DEMANDS:** * Work in a fast paced program * Skillful in assessment of Clients and make appropriate referrals knowledge of community resources * Make decisions regarding appropriate bereavement interventions, individual and group * Respond in a crisis as needed **Benefits** **ABOUT HEALTH FIRST** At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve. **Schedule :** Full\-Time **Shift Times :** 1000am\_800pm **Paygrade :** 34