Spiritual Care Counselor, Hospice ...

About the role

Provides direct spiritual care services and counseling to hospice patients and their family members in collaboration with the inter-disciplinary group (IDG).

Ensures that the spiritual care assists with the patients' self-determined life closure/safe, comfortable, and meaningful dying experience and family's effective grieving, in compliance with hospice standards.

Works under clinical supervision. Implements the Spiritual Care program in accordance with CMS Conditions of Participation.

Responsibilities

• Affirms the emotional, spiritual, religious, and existential status and care needs of patients and/or their family members utilizing professional skills and knowledge.
• Provides spiritual counseling and services, including crisis intervention, to meet the psycho-spiritual, religious, and existential needs of patient/family in collaboration with the IDG in accordance with VNS Health policies/procedures, code of conduct, and standards of practice for professional chaplains.
• Develops and updates the spiritual care component of the patient/family plan of care based on mutually acceptable goals.
• Utilizes appropriate spiritual/religious community resources and serves as a liaison between VNS Health and the community clergy directly involved with the patient/family.
• Documents spiritual care assessment, including signs of decline, interventions, and plans of care in EMR in collaboration with the IDG to ensure optimal quality care.
• Participates in the weekly IDG team meetings; develops and updates treatment plans and goals as needed.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in developing effective approaches to patient and/or family care.
• Assists interdisciplinary team members in understanding the significant psycho-spiritual, religious, and existential factors related to the patient/family’s quality of life and in developing support for patient/family with regard to spiritual care.
• Assumes responsibility for continued professional growth, including attendance of in-service programs.
• Provides on-call coverage as needed.
• Travels to patients’ homes and/or facilities with varying environments (e.g., walk-ups, care facilities, single/multiple family homes, presence of pets, etc.) using approved transportation options to deliver direct spiritual care service to the patient/family.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver's license required, as determined by operational/regional needs.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Humanities or other related fields required. Master's Degree in Divinity or Theology preferred. Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required. Board Certified Chaplain preferred.
• Work Experience: Minimum of one year of experience as a chaplain, preferably in a hospice setting required.
• Effective Oral And Interpersonal Communication Skills Required.
• Proficiency in personal computer operations including MS Office applications required.

Qualifications

• Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver's license required, as determined by operational/regional needs.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Humanities or other related fields required. Master's Degree in Divinity or Theology preferred. Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required. Board Certified Chaplain preferred.
• Work Experience: Minimum of one year of experience as a chaplain, preferably in a hospice setting required.
• Effective Oral And Interpersonal Communication Skills Required.
• Proficiency in personal computer operations including MS Office applications required.

Skills

• Effective Oral And Interpersonal Communication Skills Required.
• Proficiency in personal computer operations including MS Office applications required.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

USD $66,300.00 - USD $72,000.00 /Yr.

Schedule

Not specified.