What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chaplain PRN Days position at KANSAS CITY HOSPICE INC?
Chaplain - PRN
We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that’s offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together – one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.
We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:
- We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits.
- A reasonable caseload that allows you to provide exceptional, high quality care while maintaining a good work life balance.
- HOURS: PRN AS NEEDED - Monday- Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- 24/7 support from our full time Board Certified physicians and APRN's, Chaplains and Social Workers.
Position Description:
The Chaplain reports to the Team Manager for on line supervision and to the Supportive Services Manager for clinical supervision. The chaplain is specifically responsible for the provision of spiritual care as indicated in each patient’s plan of care. This position is included as part of the interdisciplinary team. Spiritual care services are provided directly through coordination with other team members or by community chaplains or other spiritual counselors.
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:
- Certificate/degree from an accredited institution in the field of Pastoral Care or Theology (Master of Divinity preferred).
- Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training (one unit minimum, four units preferred).
- Ordination to function in a ministry of pastoral care by appropriate religious authority. If denomination does not ordain, or ordains only males, then must be commissioned to function in a ministry of pastoral care by an appropriate religious authority.
- Eligible for Associate Membership in the Association of Professional Chaplains.
- Minimum of one year of experience in pastoral care and comfort in an inter-faith setting.
- Knowledge of both the practice and management of pastoral care in a health care setting.
- Knowledge and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills are required.
- Licensed driver with reliable transportation and auto insurance.
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don’t just accept differences—we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.