Hospice Chaplain

UnitedHealth Group•Burlington, NC

3d•$50,920 - $76,380

About The Position

As a Hospice Chaplain, you will provide compassionate spiritual and emotional support to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. As a valued member of the interdisciplinary hospice team, you will honor 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 for patients, families, and hospice workers. The role includes documenting spiritual needs and resources, contributing to care planning and conferences, providing spiritual counsel and resources when invited, and coordinating with patients' own faith leaders when requested. The chaplain may also support advance funeral planning and be present at death or officiate at funeral services when requested.

Requirements

Driver's license and access to reliable transportation.
Ordained and endorsed minister, priest, rabbi, or member of a religious order preferred, or 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 and program navigation, files and windows, navigation buttons and toolbars, and online HR and training services.

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 desire 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 and spiritual needs and resources on intake and assessment forms, and complete progress notes in the patient's chart after each contact.
Raise the possibility of spiritual needs during patient care conferences when appropriate and report interventions.
Provide direct 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 when requested.
Be present at the time of death when 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.