Spiritual Care Specialist

1 week ago


Long Beach CA USA, United States Kaiser Full time
Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Chaplain to provide spiritual support and counseling to home care patients, families, and staff in a culturally inclusive manner. As a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team, you will participate in patient care planning, document interventions, and meet the TJC/regulatory guidelines of Hospice/Homecare.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Administrative Duties:
  • Participate in Quality Assurance Activities, including committees for Patient Satisfaction Scores, QI Projects, UBT, etc.
  • May serve on Committees and work in collaboration with committees such as Bioethics, EAP, LCP, ELOA.
  • Conduct In-services and CEU programs to improve Integrated Model of Care.
  • Provide Staff support to maintain Spiritual Resilience in HealthCare.
  • Provide faith/value-based rites/rituals and maintain collaboration with Community Clergy.
  • Act as a consult to community liaisons faith leaders regarding serving in a HealthCare setting.
  • Provide spiritual support and spiritual counseling to staff members.
  • Maintain compliance with the Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains.
  • Attend education programs to improve skills related to provision of homecare services.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Direct Patient Care:
  • Provide spiritual support and counseling to home care patients, families, and staff in a culturally competent manner.
  • Clinical Chaplain is a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team, using evidence-based outcome-oriented assessment tools to participate in creating patient care plan.
  • Provide spiritual support or visits at the time of death as assessed by patient/family need.
  • Support the admission/consent process in collaboration with the inter-disciplinary team.
  • Support bereavement care plan to surviving family members.
  • Vary schedule in collaboration with leadership to accommodate need for 24-hour coverage.
Basic Qualifications:
  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a Clinical Chaplain/Spiritual Counselor in a Hospital, Ambulatory, Home Health, Palliative Care or Hospice setting required.
Additional Requirements:
  • Must be able to serve & support people of all religions, world views, and spiritual perspectives.
  • Maintains adequate automobile liability insurance as required by Hospice Program policy.
  • Meet Medical Center/Homecare requirements for health appraisal and annual PPD testing.
  • Behaves in a courteous, professional manner with patients, staff, and health care professionals and maintains patient confidentiality.
  • Appropriate age-specific competencies to be successfully completed by end of orientation.
  • Conveys a sense of maturity and sensitivity with good listening skills.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and crisis situations.
  • Demonstrated excellent reading, writing, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to recognize urgent patient needs and how to report it.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two (2) or more years of experience as a Clinical Chaplain/Spiritual Counselor in a Hospital, Home Health, Palliative or Hospice Setting.
  • Board Certified Chaplain Certification from Association of Professional Chaplains.
  • Minimum of four (4) units of Clinical Pastoral Education from an ACPE accredited program.
  • PhD, DMin, ThD or EdD from an accredited Seminary, College or University.


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