Associate Chaplain - Hospice

Intermountain Health

4d•$25 - $39

About The Position

Hospice chaplains provide spiritual and emotional care during end-of-life, supporting patients as well as their families and caregivers. As part of the interdisciplinary team, chaplains use evidence-based practices to guide meaning-making, grief, and decision-making in alignment with CMS hospice guidelines. Essential Functions Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients and families facing terminal illness, including grief counseling, legacy work, and end-of-life decision support. Develops, implements, and documents spiritual assessments, interventions, outcomes, and individualized plans of care, and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary hospice team to ensure whole-person care. Participates in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings as required by CMS, collaborating with medical and psychosocial staff to integrate spiritual care into the overall hospice plan. Responds to caseload assignments and referrals, initiating pastoral visits regardless of religious affiliation, and offering appropriate spiritual care based on patient and family needs. Assists patients and families with resources for transition, bereavement, and loss, while identifying and referring ethical concerns appropriately. Provides caregiver support for grief, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue. Appropriately and professionally documents all spiritual care activities in the electronic medical record in accordance with CMS and organizational standards and may participate in quarterly memorial services and veteran honoring processes. Shares responsibility for on-call coverage, ensuring availability for crisis response and urgent spiritual care needs. Contributes to departmental quality improvement efforts and actively engages in professional development and educational initiatives in collaboration with spiritual care leadership.

Requirements

Empathetic Listening
Spiritual Assessment and Pastoral Presence
Grief and Bereavement Support
Crisis Response and Emotional Resilience
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Ethical Sensitivity and Advance Care Planning
Family and Group Facilitation
Professional Communication
Documentation and Digital Competence
1 unit of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi completed within the first 18 months of hire
High School Diploma or equivalent
One year of relevant spiritual care experience
Documentation from ecclesial judicatory body of current endorsement and/or reference prescribed in accordance with applicant’s spiritual/faith tradition (received or reaffirmed within the last 12 months) articulating current endorsement/authorization for hospital chaplaincy ministry and applicant’s good standing with endorsing/authorizing body. The letter must be mailed, emailed, or faxed directly from the endorsing/recommending organization. Faith groups must be recognized by the Department of Defense (Armed Forces chaplains Board) or previously reviewed and approved by the BCCi, If not, approval of documentation of authorization/endorsement must come from Intermountain Peaks Mission office regarding a review of the faith group.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree (accredited)
Completion of Accredited Graduate Theological Degree (MDiv or Equivalent)
Two or more units of Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education meeting approval of NACC/APC BCCi

Responsibilities

Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients and families facing terminal illness, including grief counseling, legacy work, and end-of-life decision support.
Develops, implements, and documents spiritual assessments, interventions, outcomes, and individualized plans of care, and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary hospice team to ensure whole-person care.
Participates in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings as required by CMS, collaborating with medical and psychosocial staff to integrate spiritual care into the overall hospice plan.
Responds to caseload assignments and referrals, initiating pastoral visits regardless of religious affiliation, and offering appropriate spiritual care based on patient and family needs.
Assists patients and families with resources for transition, bereavement, and loss, while identifying and referring ethical concerns appropriately.
Provides caregiver support for grief, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.
Appropriately and professionally documents all spiritual care activities in the electronic medical record in accordance with CMS and organizational standards and may participate in quarterly memorial services and veteran honoring processes.
Shares responsibility for on-call coverage, ensuring availability for crisis response and urgent spiritual care needs.
Contributes to departmental quality improvement efforts and actively engages in professional development and educational initiatives in collaboration with spiritual care leadership.

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

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