Chaplain | Preceptor Home Health & Hospice | Fond du Lac

Preceptor Home Health and Hospice•Germantown, WI

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY Provides spiritual and emotional care to terminally ill patients and their families as well as grief support to the family after the death of the patient. Ability to work with people of various religious faiths and cultures. Responsible for developing bereavement programs and overseeing current programs, including social activities and workshops. II. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Performs spiritual assessment on all Hospice patients. Acts as liaison between Hospice and the spiritual community. Responds to the mental, spiritual, social and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families. Provides nondenominational spiritual counseling per patient and/or family request. Functions well as part of the interdisciplinary group. Provides emotional support through discussion of spiritual and/or existential issues. Assists family in understanding the grief process. Gives referrals to family for community grief support groups. Allows patient and family to voice their concerns, fears and feelings. Responsive to patient’s desires and condition. Addresses and supports cultural practices, as long as such practices do not harm others. 75% of all charting to be done in the patient’s home. Supports a culture of safety and quality. May perform specific religious duties related to the faith in which he/she is ordained, i.e., administration of last rites. Understands Hospice philosophy and issues of death and dying. Performs on weekend/holiday rotation as required by agency. The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

Requirements

Ability to work with people of various religious faiths and cultures.

Responsibilities

Performs spiritual assessment on all Hospice patients.
Acts as liaison between Hospice and the spiritual community.
Responds to the mental, spiritual, social and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families.
Provides nondenominational spiritual counseling per patient and/or family request.
Functions well as part of the interdisciplinary group.
Provides emotional support through discussion of spiritual and/or existential issues.
Assists family in understanding the grief process.
Gives referrals to family for community grief support groups.
Allows patient and family to voice their concerns, fears and feelings.
Responsive to patient’s desires and condition.
Addresses and supports cultural practices, as long as such practices do not harm others.
75% of all charting to be done in the patient’s home.
Supports a culture of safety and quality.
May perform specific religious duties related to the faith in which he/she is ordained, i.e., administration of last rites.
Understands Hospice philosophy and issues of death and dying.
Performs on weekend/holiday rotation as required by agency.