CHAPLAIN | PRN | HOSPICE | EXCELL HOME CARE & HOSPICE

**Celebrating 30 years in 2026!** Be part of Excell's legacy of providing life\-changing service! Excell has been located in SW OKC since 1996 and has a history of high\-quality care, by skilled professionals. **Excell’s Legacy of Excellence is to provide Life\-Changing Services to our Oklahomans. We are celebrating 30! You can be part of a historic legacy that lives into the future! Be an advocate for quality of care, you and your ‘why’ change the lives of our patients, families, and healthcare partnerships in our Oklahoma City community. Come be a beacon, and build into our legacy your passion, your reason for life\-changing care. We know why we do this noble work, and just like you, together we make our reason the one to call Excell Home Care \& Hospice, Home.** **JOB SUMMARY** The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc., either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors. **DUTIES \& RESPONSIBILITIES** * Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner. * Facilitates the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs. * Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers. * Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors. * Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision. * Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors. * Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group. * Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care. * Recruits 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. * Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities. * Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested. * Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team. * Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers. * Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required. *The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job. The employee may be requested to perform job\-related tasks other than those stated in this description.* **JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills \& Abilities)** * Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology Preferred (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver. * Hospice/ experience preferred. * Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary team/group. * Comfort in an interfaith setting. * Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values. * Ability to network with community clergy and congregations. * Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care. * Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order. *Based in Oklahoma City and operating in various counties throughout the state, Excell Home Care and Hospice is Medicare certified and licensed by the Oklahoma State Department of Health* **Excell Home Care and Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.** **Excell is compliant with CDC guidelines, CMS state and federal law pertaining to patient care, the EEOC, and all other applicable state and federal laws, including COVID\-19 pandemic and vaccination mandates. EXCELL follows EEOC guidance on medical and religious exemptions and welcomes all applicants regardless of their COVID\-19 vaccination status.** 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 http://www.pennantgroup.com.