Job Description
**Job Summary:**
The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Advanced Hospice, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
**Job 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.
* 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.
* Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
* Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
**Position Qualifications:**
* Graduate of accredited seminary or school of Theology (BD,MDiv or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.
* Comfort in an interfaith setting.
* Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
* Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
* Requires driving on a regular basis by freeway and/or highway if necessary to fulfill the requirements of scheduled patient care.
* Hospice experience preferred.
**Skills Required:**
* Ability to work as a member of interdisciplinary group.
* Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values
* Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.
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