Chaplain Hospice - Part Time

UnitedHealth Group•South Portland, ME

7h•$53,600 - $80,400

About The Position

The Hospice Chaplain provides compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. As a member of the interdisciplinary hospice team, the chaplain honors each person's beliefs, values, and cultural traditions while addressing spiritual needs, offering comfort through loss and transition, and coordinating care with other spiritual counselors. The chaplain serves as a spiritual presence and resource for patients, families, and hospice workers; documents spiritual needs and interventions; provides direct spiritual counsel when invited; and supports patients and families through end-of-life planning and transitions. The position is part time and offers a salary range of $53,600 to $80,400 annually based on full-time employment. Benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Ordained and endorsed minister, priest, rabbi, or member of a religious order preferred; alternatively, a lay person with certified training in pastoral care. Professional experience in a religious agency or institution may be considered in lieu of formalized education.
At least 1 year of experience in a health care setting or with death and dying.
Comfort working in an interfaith setting.
Familiarity with general computer use and functions, including usernames and passwords, internet and email, desktop navigation, starting programs, using files and windows, using navigation buttons and toolbars, and self-managing online HR services and training programs.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology, with a Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Divinity, or equivalent theological degree or training.

Responsibilities

Represent a spiritual presence and connection with the religious and spiritual roots of the hospice movement.
Remind hospice workers that patients may want spiritual resources of their choosing in addition to physical and emotional support.
Serve as a spiritual resource to team members and assist with their growth or grief.
Document patients’ and families’ religious or spiritual needs and resources on intake and assessment forms, and complete progress notes in the patient chart after each contact.
Raise the possibility of spiritual needs during patient care conferences when appropriate and report interventions.
Provide spiritual counsel, prayer, and sacraments to patients and families when invited.
Interface with a patient’s or family’s clergyman, rabbi, or congregation when requested.
Encourage patients and families to plan funeral arrangements, wills, requests, obituaries, and interment in advance; remain available to officiate at funeral services if requested.
Be present at the time of death if requested.
Provide literature and spiritual resources that may assist patients and families.
Participate in the patient/family problem-oriented care plan.
Perform other duties as assigned.