Job Description
Job Description
Hospice Chaplain
in Portsmouth, OH
Discover a new lane in spiritual support that brings hope to patients enduring difficult health issues and approaching their end-of-life journey. As a Hospice Chaplain for Interim HealthCare®, you’ll visit patients and families in their homes and help them with spiritual support they will need as they strive to achieve the highest possible quality of life during this challenging time.
Interim HealthCare®, the nation’s first home care company, is looking for a HOspice CHaplain to join our team. It’s an opportunity to advocate for others in meaningful ways that improve their lives and bring strength amid their struggles. If that resonates with your heart, you are made for this!
Our Hospice Chaplains enjoy some excellent benefits:
- 1:1 chaplain-to-patient ratios where you impact the quality of life outcomes
- Flexible assignments, autonomy, and work-life balance
- Online training, growth, and ability to earn CEUs
As a Hospice Chaplain here’s a big-picture view of what you’ll do:
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The Hospice Chaplain at Interim HealthCare - New Boston, OH provides compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families facing end-of-life challenges. Working within a multidisciplinary hospice team, the Chaplain offers guidance, comfort, and hope tailored to the individual’s beliefs and needs, helping them find meaning and peace during this difficult time.
Responsibilities
- Provide spiritual care and counseling to patients and their families coping with end-of-life issues, grief, and loss
- Work collaboratively with the hospice team, including RNs, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, volunteers, and other professionals to support the patient’s holistic plan of care
- Assess patients’ and families’ spiritual and emotional needs and incorporate these into the care plan
- Facilitate rituals, prayer, or other spiritual practices as requested to support patients’ and families’ beliefs
- Serve as an advocate for patients’ spiritual and religious rights and preferences
- Offer bereavement support and grief counseling to families before and after the patient’s death
- Provide crisis intervention and support during times of spiritual distress
- Document spiritual assessments, interventions, and patient/family responses in medical records
Requirements
- Ordained clergy or equivalent spiritual counselor credential with experience in hospice or palliative care preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to support diverse religious and spiritual beliefs
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Empathy, compassion, and the ability to provide comfort in challenging emotional situations
- Basic computer skills for documentation
About the Company
Interim HealthCare - New Boston, OH is dedicated to providing exceptional home health and hospice care to our community. We focus on delivering personalized, compassionate support that honors the dignity and wishes of every patient and family we serve. Our team is committed to ensuring comfort, respect, and spiritual peace through every stage of the hospice journey.
Why Work for Interim HealthCare?
Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation’s first home care company and a leading employer of Home Health Medical Social Workers (MSWs). Operating through 300+ offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a family-oriented culture that values and appreciates social workers, and a passion to put patients first. Join a nationwide network of MSWs who are making a significant impact in the lives of others through the in house, social services they provide.
Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.