Hospice Chaplain

**Job Overview** Join our compassionate team as a Hospice Chaplain, where you will provide spiritual support and guidance to patients facing life\-limiting illnesses, their families, and caregivers. In this vital role, you will serve as a source of comfort, hope, and spiritual care, ensuring that each individual’s unique beliefs and needs are honored. Your presence will help ease emotional and spiritual distress, fostering peace and dignity during one of life's most profound moments. This paid position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those navigating end\-of\-life journeys. **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. **Requirements** * Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver. * 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. * Hospice experience preferred. Join us in delivering heartfelt spiritual care that honors each person's journey. Your dedication will bring comfort, hope, and dignity to those at the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Pay: $38\.00 \- $41\.00 per hour Benefits: * Flexible schedule * Mileage reimbursement Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mc Lean, VA 22101