Chaplain
AMOREM•Hudson, NC
About The Position
To cultivate spiritual and emotional support to patients, families/caregivers to ensure each have a voice to explore spiritual concerns, ask crucial questions, comprehend the importance of their lives and discover peace as they approach death.
Requirements
- Ability to identify and respect the spiritual needs of the patient/families/caregivers as they differ according to social status, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, race, age and their emotional, physical and intellectual capabilities
- Master of Divinity degree or equivalent graduate degree that includes theological studies from an accredited seminary or divinity school
- Minimum of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) completed or equivalent clinical training and experience
- Endorsed by and in good standing with the denomination of ordination
- Minimum two years of experience working with individuals, groups and families in crisis, preferably dealing with issues involved in death, dying and grief
- Certified or progressing toward certification by a cognate group recognized by the Coalition on Ministry in Specialized Setting (COMISS)
Responsibilities
- Assess the spiritual needs of patient/family with patient/family consent
- Provide spiritual care and support for patient/family/caregivers as needed or requested
- Develop a plan of care with the interdisciplinary team meeting the spiritual/emotional needs of the patient/family caregivers and update the plan of care every 14 days
- Utilize spiritual resources to meet needs of patient and family
- Consult and provide education to interdisciplinary team about spirituality and spiritual care
- Provide ethical consultation for staff regarding end-of-life issues and how faith impacts choices
- Contact patient/family’s minister and other religious caregivers, as appropriate and as requested by patient/family
- Serve palliative care patients as assigned
- Be available to attend receivings or funerals for patients on weekdays
- Facilitate or assist with funerals/memorial services, as requested
- Plan and lead occasional worship services for patients/family members, staff and facilities
- Coordinate memorial services with long-term care staff, as directed by facility
- Provide spiritual care and support for bereaved family members upon request
- Maintain hospice bereavement family caseload as requested
- Complete initial bereavement assignment for patient families served as requested
- Develop appropriate bereavement plan of care and update quarterly as requested
- Participate in the planning and facilitating of grief support groups/presentation, as needed, in the community in collaboration with grief support specialist
- Assist with the annual memorial service with grief services director
- Facilitate (if trained) Walking the Mourner’s Path program and Limit of Our Sight
- Rotate chaplain on call responsibilities, minimum 2x a year or as requested/needed
- Collaborate with on-call weekend social worker and nurse regarding patient family needs
- Attend funeral/receiving scheduled on weekends when on-call
- Serve as a resource to community clergy and religious caregivers about hospice, death, dying and grief issues
- Provide education and consultation to community clergy and groups to enhance their sensitivity to the spiritual concerns of patient and caregivers experiencing illness and loss
- Support community clergy/congregations through the process of caring for the hospice patient/family
- Participate in volunteer/staff orientation/training, as requested
- Assist with training volunteer chaplains, as needed
- Complete all Relias trainings and attend additional mandatory trainings
- Other duties as assigned
