Part-time Hospice Chaplain

Gentiva Hospice • Cary, NC

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About The Position

Gentiva Hospice is seeking a compassionate, part-time Hospice Chaplain to provide non-denominational spiritual and emotional support to patients and families receiving end-of-life care. The chaplain respects patients’ and families’ beliefs, values, faiths, spiritual traditions, and cultural backgrounds, and helps ensure they feel supported throughout their journey.

As an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, the chaplain collaborates with nurses, social workers, aides, and medical staff. The role includes assessing spiritual needs, creating individualized spiritual care plans, conducting requested visits and rituals, supporting families through grief and transition, connecting them with community resources, and documenting spiritual care activities and outcomes.

This is a safety-sensitive position. Employees must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits and, where applicable, state-specific requirements.

Requirements

• Meet one of the following educational requirements: a bachelor’s degree in theology, religion, human services, counseling, psychology, or sociology (or as required by state-specific regulations), or at least one unit of ACPE-accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
• Meet state-specific requirements where applicable.
• Meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in hospice spiritual care.
• A degree from an accredited institution.

Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and caregivers in alignment with their beliefs and values.
• Offer inclusive, non-denominational care that respects all faiths, spiritual traditions, and cultural backgrounds.
• Participate in patient care conferences and collaborate with nurses, social workers, aides, and medical staff as part of the interdisciplinary team.
• Assess patients’ and families’ spiritual needs and develop individualized spiritual care plans.
• Conduct visits, prayers, blessings, and rituals when appropriate and requested by the patient or family.
• Assist families during grief, loss, or transition and provide bereavement support and counseling.
• Build relationships with local faith leaders and community resources to support patients’ and families’ spiritual needs.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of spiritual assessments, interventions, and outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Career advancement opportunities
• National and local recognition programs
• Teammate Assistance Fund
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time associates
• Mileage reimbursement or fleet vehicle program for eligible full-time associates
• Generous paid time off and 7 paid holidays for eligible full-time associates
• Wellness programs, including telemedicine, diabetes management, and joint and spine concierge care, for eligible full-time associates
• Education support and tuition assistance for ASN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN programs for eligible full-time associates
• Free continuing education units (CEUs) for eligible full-time associates
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance for eligible full-time associates
• Voluntary benefits, including pet, critical illness, accident, and long-term care coverage, for eligible full-time associates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time