PRN CHAPLAIN - HOSPICE - BRADY, TX

Job Qualifications

• Education: College degree preferred; Masters of Divinity preferred, or proven experience in the field.
• Licensure: State Driver’s License
• Experience: One (1) year experience as a Chaplain in a health care institution preferred.
• Skills: Working knowledge of community spiritual resources. Good interpersonal skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Assess hospice patient/family to identify spiritual needs and develop individualized spiritual plan of care.
• Collaborate with local clergy as needed.
• Assist in development and update of the comprehensive POC.
• Conduct services of prayer, worship and ritual for patient/families, as appropriate, offering different philosophies and belief opportunities to discuss and share.
• Provide individual patient/family counseling, crisis intervention, information and assistance with preparations of advance directives, funeral planning issues and transfer of responsibilities relative to legal and fiscal issues.
• Work with IDG, participating in the ongoing POC, developing, documenting, and evaluating responses to interventions in order to update the POC to meet spiritual needs of patient and family.
• Work with other staff, resolving spiritual/ pastoral/ethical issues.
• Be available for bereavement or counseling needs.
• Use effective interpersonal relations and communication skills to work with family members as needed and to assist in planning for discharge and for bereavement, utilizing local clergy as needed.
• Complete appropriate documentation in a timely manner.
• Assess patient/family response to and satisfaction with care.
• Make visits to patient/family prior to death and be available to the family during the bereavement period as needed.
• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency and participate in service programs.
• Promote Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.