What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Chaplain Per Diem El Centro position at Uni Care Hospice, Inc.?
About Uni Care:
Uni Care provides a complete continuum of quality home care services including Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice and At Home. Our service area includes southern California as well as Yuma, Arizona.
Uni Care's mission has guided us for 19 years - to provide outstanding patient care to our diverse community by utilizing effective processes and achieving great customer satisfaction within a patient-centered model of care.
Why Work for Us:
Uni Care has a positive workplace environment, diversity, strong collaboration with team members to help our clients/patients and we are hardworking individuals. Hourly range for this temporary per diem position is $28 - $32.
The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Uni Care Hospice, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities
1. Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
2. Facilitates the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.
3. Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
4. Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
5. Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
6. Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
7. Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
8. Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
9. Recruits community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers adequate to meet patient and family/caregiver needs by developing community contacts and offering education through congregations about hospice care.
10. Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
11. Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
12. Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
13. Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.
14. Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
How to Apply:
Please follow the prompts found within this application to apply. During your application process, you may also attach your resume.
Salary : $28 - $32