Job Summary

The Hospice Chaplain provides spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers in a hospice setting. This role is part of our Palatka Field team and supports patients in their homes.

Key Responsibilities

• Assure spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and provide appropriate services in a timely manner.
• Facilitate the development of individualized plans of care by participating in comprehensive assessments to meet identified spiritual needs.
• Provide direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
• Serve as a liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Maintain records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
• Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
• Attend patient care conferences and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
• Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
• Recruit community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers to meet patient and family/caregiver needs.
• Provide for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
• Plan periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
• Assist in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/families/caregivers.
• Actively participate in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

Qualifications

• Completion or graduation from a theology or chaplaincy program.
• Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.
• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary 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.
• Hospice experience preferred.