Spiritual Care Coordinator

**POSITION SUMMARY:** The Spiritual Care Coordinator (SCC) provides comprehensive spiritual and emotional support services to patients, families, and caregivers in hospice and home health settings. The SCC is a core member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), offering direct spiritual care and contributing to the holistic treatment plan. This position serves as a liaison with community clergy and spiritual counselors, ensuring the spiritual needs of patients and families are assessed and addressed with sensitivity, inclusivity, and professionalism. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** *Including, but not limited to the following:* * Conducts spiritual assessments for patients, families, and caregivers to identify spiritual and emotional needs related to illness, treatment, or life circumstances. * Participates in developing and implementing individualized plans of care, integrating spiritual and emotional care into the overall treatment plan. * Provides direct pastoral and spiritual counseling, emotional support, and crisis intervention to patients and families. * Offers grief, loss, and bereavement support in collaboration with the social work and bereavement teams. * Coordinates and collaborates with community clergy, chaplains, and spiritual care volunteers to ensure continuity and diversity of spiritual support. * Facilitates funeral, memorial, and celebration\-of\-life services as requested by patients or families. * Plans and leads periodic memorial services for staff, volunteers, and community members involved in hospice care. * Provides education and consultation to staff and volunteers regarding spiritual and cultural aspects of end\-of\-life care. * Maintains records of spiritual care visits and activities in compliance with agency documentation standards. * Actively participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, contributing to holistic patient and family care. * Assists in recruiting, orienting, and supervising spiritual care volunteers and community clergy partners. * Participates in continuous quality improvement and performance evaluation activities. * Maintains professional growth through ongoing education, peer supervision, and community involvement. * Performs other duties as assigned. **SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:** May provide supervision and mentorship to spiritual care volunteers and student chaplain interns as assigned. **SUPERVISION RECEIVED:** Supervisor will be the Director of Nursing **KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO PERFORM JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:** * Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. * Competence in interfaith and multicultural settings; ability to respect and serve individuals from diverse religious, cultural, and personal backgrounds. * Understanding of grief, loss, and end\-of\-life issues. * Excellent listening, counseling, and interpersonal skills. * Ability to collaborate effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team. * Knowledge of hospice philosophy and spiritual dimensions of care. * Computer literacy sufficient for documentation and communication tasks. * Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing needs. * Must be willing to travel throughout the agency’s geographic service area. **QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:** *Education, Certification, and Licenses \-* * Graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv, or equivalent theological degree required). * Certification or endorsement by a recognized faith group preferred. * Board certification with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), NACC, NAJC, or equivalent preferred. * Current Driver’s License and automobile insurance in accordance with agency requirements. *Experience \-* * Minimum of one year of experience providing spiritual care in a healthcare, hospice, or palliative care setting preferred. * Experience with death, dying, grief, and bereavement required. **PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS:** * Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. * May require bending, kneeling, and climbing stairs during patient visits. * Ability to deal effectively with stress. **WORK CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT:** * Employee may encounter various environmental situations in individual patient homes, including odors, tobacco smoke or animals. Tasks may involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues. * Travel is required within the entire service area. * Employee may occasionally be required to work weekdays, holidays, or other hours on a rotation basis, as well as on\-call rotation.