Chaplain | Hospice (58278)

Interim HealthCare - Great Lakes Health Partners•Wausau, WI

6d•$27 - $30•Remote

About The Position

Interim HealthCare® Hospice is excited to be hiring a PRN Hospice Chaplain to add to our team. We are looking for a PRN Chaplain to help us cover our Wausau and surrounding territory. In this role, you’ll be the face of courage to help patients find comfort and closure during this significant season of life. As the nation’s first home care company, Interim HealthCare Hospice is committed to helping patients live out their days in the most comfortable and meaningful ways. If you share our sentiments and are ready to make a difference, you are made for this!

Requirements

4 Year Degree

Responsibilities

Conducts assessments of hospice patients/families' spiritual needs.
Ensures that appropriate spiritual services are provided in a timely manner by either providing such to the patient/family or coordinating the provision of services with community clergy or spiritual counselors.
Provides direct spiritual services to patients/families according to their belief system and practice.
Participates in the development of the interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan of care to meet identified spiritual needs.
Conducts religious services for patients/families as well as hospice and facility staff as requested.
Serves as a liaison and support to community clergy and spiritual counselors.
Documents services provided and/or ongoing communication with community clergy and spiritual counselors in a timely manner.
Provides funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of IDG members, volunteers, facility staff and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the IDG.
Primarily responsible for conducting or arranging the memorial service associated with the hospice bereavement program as requested.