Chaplain, Hospice

**Organization**:
SCAH-Sutter Care at Home - Bay

**Position Overview**:
Competently assesses, coordinates and evaluates the spiritual needs of hospice patients and families and provides direct spiritual care in coordination with the patient care team. Develops, documents and delivers a hospice spiritual care plan. Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships between patients, their family/support group, physicians, and other healthcare providers through timely and effective communications and attendance at meetings and patient/family care conferences. Adheres to polices, industry standards, best practices, and applicable laws/hospice/Conditions of Participation, regulations and codes to promote a quality, highly reliable patient experience. Provides worship services, rituals, memorials, and support groups for hospice patients and families in the community or wherever they call home, staff as requested.

**EDUCATION**
- _ Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma._
- Master's: Divinity or equivalent education/experience
- OR Other: Graduate level theological degree from a CHEA accredited organization
- OR Other: Equivalent granted by the Association of Professional Chaplains

**CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE**
- BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider within 90 days

**SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE**
- Knowledge of death, dying, grief, and bereavement processes.
- Knowledge of diverse religious practices and community resources.
- Possess interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, to explain sensitive information clearly and professionally to diverse audiences.
- Well-developed time management and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
- Prioritize assignments and work within standardized policies, and procedures to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
- Identify, evaluate and resolve standard problems by selecting appropriate solutions from established options.
- Ensure the privacy of each patient’s protected health information (PHI).
- Build collaborate relationships with peers and other healthcare providers to achieve departmental and corporate objectives.
- Must have the ability to function independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team; ability to exercise independent, sound judgement in planning and providing patient care.
- Knowledge of sate and federal home care regulations.
- Knowledge and understanding of human behavior and communication and the influence of cultural and spiritual values in providing spiritual care.
- Knowledge and skills necessary to provide spiritual care appropriate to age-specific needs of neonates, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly.
- Knowledge of individual and family development over then lifespan.
- Ability to form harmonious working relationships with internal and external customers.
- Demonstrated leadership and negotiation skills and the ability to manage resources for patient care in a cost-effective manner
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent collaborative and problem-solving skills with customers and management.
- Ability to exercise independent sound judgement in planning and providing patient care.
- Demonstrated ability in physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills and in implementing plan of treatment.
- Access to reliable motor vehicle to travel to patient sites.
- Must be able to handle sensitive issues, conflicts with or among others, respectively direct and reinforce staff efforts; effectively plan and organize and prioritize work, and to effectively solve unique problems as they arise or identify when to consult supervisor.
- Must be able to deal with challenging work environment from time demands and conflicting priorities.
- Maintain a positive and professional image and demonstrate self-directed learning to meet professional development and/or license requirements.
- At orientation and annually thereafter, must be able to meet core competencies for position and area of specialty, as appropriate.
- Must have knowledge of both California regulations and Sutter Care at Home policy of End of Life Options Act (ELOA).

**Job Shift**:
Days

**Schedule**:
Full Time

**Shift Hours**:
8

**Days of the Week**:
Monday - Friday

**Weekend Requirements**:
Rotating Weekends

**Benefits**:
Yes

**Unions**:
Yes

**Position Status**:
Non-Exempt

**Weekly Hours**:
40

**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Number of Openings**:
1

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $37.44 to $48.67 / hour