Hospice Chaplain (37225)

The Care Team is seeking a new Chaplain to join our growing Hospice Team in Crown Point, Indiana providing coverage for the west side!

What Can Traditions Health Offer?

• Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Pay and Benefits
• Supportive Senior Staff
• Autonomy
• More Time to Care for Your Patients

Job Description Summary

Primary function is to provide spiritual and bereavement care to hospice patients and their caregivers. Perform spiritual and bereavement assessments, analysis, counseling, and referrals to meet the needs of the patient and the patient defined family unit.

Job Qualifications

Education: College degree preferred, Master of Divinity, preferred. 

Licensure: Valid Driver’s License

Experience:                                       

• Experience in a spiritual or religious organization.

• One year experience as a Spiritual Professional in a health care institution preferred.

• Experience or training in grief/loss counseling.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Working knowledge of community spiritual resources.

• Good interpersonal skills.

Transportation: Reliable transportation. Valid auto liability insurance.

Environmental and Working Conditions:

Works in patient homes in various conditions. Occasional exposure to infectious diseases; ability to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather.

Physical and Mental Effort:

Prolonged standing, walking, and sitting required; requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient/family needs; and to make quick decisions and resource acquisition; meet patient/family spiritual and bereavement needs.

Essential Functions:

• Assess hospice patient to identify spiritual needs as evidenced by POC, documentation, clinical records, and IDT conference minutes.

• Assess hospice family to identify bereavement needs as evidenced by documentation, and community resource referrals. 

• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate in the patient care planning process.

• Use effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.

• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency.

• Demonstrate commitment, professional growth, and competency by maintaining a working knowledge of public and private eligibility standards and requirements.

• Promote Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to promote coordination of patient care.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to promote coordination of bereavement care. 

• Accept clinical assignments that are consistent with education and competence to meet the needs of the patients.

• Initiate bereavement services, perform bereavement risk assessments, initiate, and update bereavement care plan for patient identified family in collaboration with interdisciplinary group.

• Provides continued bereavement support to hospice families as evidenced by documentation of the type of service and frequency.