Job Description
Job Description
Hospice Chaplain
Ahava Hospice is growing and looking for a Chaplain to join our teams’ mission and believe in our core values! Our mission: To show unconditional love through purposeful actions, providing wholehearted, individualized care to those in their end of life journey.
Our Core Values...
L - Luminous care for patients and their families
O - Offering comfort and support during difficult times
V - Valuing every life with dignity and respect
E - Empathetic professionals providing person centered services
Quarterly Pay Increase: All full-time Care Team Member will receive quarterly increases
Discounts/perks, Insured for Life, and Free Telehealth Services!!!
HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
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Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.
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Facilitates the development of the individualized the plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.
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Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.
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Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
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Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.
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Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
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Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
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Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
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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.
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Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
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Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
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Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.
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Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
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Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv. or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver
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Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group.
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Comfort in an interfaith setting.
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Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
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Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.
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Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
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If making home visits, must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
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Hospice/experience preferred.
This is how we create a culture to lead with LOVE. Join our Ahava Hospice team!
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