Chaplain| Part-Time | PRN | Bluebird Hospice | Meridian, ID

Bluebird Hospice•Meridian, ID

About The Position

The Hospice Chaplain provides spiritual care services to hospice patients and their families or caregivers, directly or by coordinating care with other spiritual counselors. The position supports patients’ spiritual needs throughout hospice care and provides bereavement support before and after a patient’s death. The role also collaborates with the interdisciplinary group and community spiritual-care providers, maintains service records, and contributes to quality improvement and program development.

Requirements

Experience working with death and dying and with individuals and families or caregivers.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology, with a BD, MDiv, or equivalent theological degree preferred.
One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.) preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure timely spiritual assessments of hospice patients and families or caregivers and provide appropriate services.
Ensure timely initial and ongoing bereavement assessments and implement individualized bereavement plans of care.
Participate in comprehensive assessments and help develop individualized plans of care addressing identified spiritual needs.
Provide direct spiritual care to patients and families or caregivers.
Provide emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual bereavement counseling before and after a patient’s death, supporting grief, loss, and adjustment.
Serve as a liaison and source of support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
Facilitate visits by community chaplains, spiritual counselors, local clergy, and others as needed to support patients’ spiritual needs.
Maintain records of spiritual-care service utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policy and procedure review and revision.
Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
Attend patient-care conferences and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.
Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group regarding spiritual care.
Recruit community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual-care volunteers to meet patient and family or caregiver needs through community contacts and hospice education for congregations.
Participate in quality assessment and performance improvement teams and activities.
Provide funeral or memorial services for patients upon request.
Plan periodic memorial services for personnel, volunteers, and community clergy or spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
Assist in supervising spiritual-care volunteers assigned to patients or families and caregivers.