Hospice Chaplain Located in Virginia Beach.
Experience a work culture where your compassion, spiritual guidance, and presence truly matter. At Interim HealthCare Hospice, Chaplains play a vital role in supporting patients and families through some of life's most meaningful moments. As a Hospice Chaplain, you'll provide direct spiritual care or coordinate with a patient's clergy or spiritual counselor to ensure their emotional and spiritual needs are met with respect and sensitivity.
Our Hospice Chaplains enjoy some notable benefits: - Salary Range of $60,000-$65,000/year based on experience
- Hours of operation: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday
- Eligible for performance and tenure-based bonuses
- Flexible assignments, autonomy and work-life balance
- Online training, growth and ability to earn CEUs
- Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life insurance offered
- Participation in 401(k) after one (1) year of employment
As a Hospice Chaplain, here's a big-picture view of what you'll do: - Conducts assessments of hospice patients/families spiritual needs
- Ensures that appropriate spiritual services are provided in a timely manner by either providing such to the patient/family or coordinating the provision of services with community clergy or spiritual counselors
- Provides direct spiritual services to patients/families according to their belief system and practice
- Participates in the development of the interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan of care to meet identified spiritual needs
- Conducts religious services for patients/families as well as hospice and facility staff as requested
- Serves as a liaison and support to community clergy and spiritual counselors
- Documents services provided and/or ongoing communication with community clergy and spiritual counselors in a timely manner
- Maintains records of spiritual services utilization and related activities as directed for quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI), hospice program development, and policies and procedures review and revision
- Actively participates in patient/family care conferences and IDG meetings
- Provides consultation, education, and support regarding spiritual issues and care to the IDG members and facility staff
- Recruits an adequate number of community clergy and/or spiritual counselors to meet patient/family needs
- Acts as the hospice spiritual services community liaison by developing community contacts and offering hospice education to a variety of clergy, counselors and congregations
- Provides funeral or memorial services for patients as requested
- Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of IDG members, volunteers, facility staff and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the IDG
- Primarily responsible for conducting or arranging the memorial service associated with the hospice bereavement program as requested
- Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/families
- Completes other assignments as requested and assigned
- May have access to personal health information ("PHI") necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department
A few must-haves for Hospice Chaplains: - Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree)
- Experience working with death and dying, terminal individuals and their families or caregivers
- CPR Certification
- Minimum of one (1) year spiritual care experience, ideally in hospice or home healthcare
- Knowledge of state and federal home health and hospice regulations
- Valid driver's license and transportation
- Knowledge of the hospice philosophy of care
- Good verbal and written communication, and organizational skills
- Able to effectively communicate with clinical and non-clinical employees, patients and family/caregivers
InterimHealthCare 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.