Spiritual Support Counselor - Full Time

Samaritan • Mt Laurel, NJ

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About The Position

The Spiritual Support Counselor provides spiritual and existential care to patients and families, including support around meaning, purpose, grief, and end-of-life experiences. The counselor serves as a core member of the Interdisciplinary Care Team and works collaboratively to develop patient-guided plans of care while honoring diverse faiths, spiritual traditions, beliefs, and cultural practices. The position also provides support to staff and volunteers, contributes to spiritual-care education and organizational events, and completes related documentation and care coordination.

Requirements

• Demonstrated work experience in interfaith and multicultural environments.
• One year of experience providing spiritual care, preferably in hospice, palliative care, or healthcare settings.
• Degree in divinity, theology, or another related field.
• Completed Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) unit(s).
• Ordination or good standing within the candidate’s own faith community.
• Pastoral training program or at least five years of pastoral care experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive assessments of patients’ spiritual and existential strengths, beliefs, practices, issues of purpose and meaning, and experiences facing end of life.
• Serve as a core member of the Interdisciplinary Care Team and collaboratively develop patient-guided plans of care.
• Provide spiritual support and counseling related to meaning, purpose, grief, and existential distress, honoring diverse faiths, spiritual traditions, beliefs, and cultural practices.
• Facilitate rituals, prayer, or other spiritual practices as requested by patients or families.
• Facilitate connections to existing or needed religious or cultural relationships in the community.
• Provide spiritual support for staff and volunteers as requested.
• Complete documentation in accordance with agency policy.
• Plan or officiate funerals upon request of the family.
• Attend all mandatory in-services provided by Samaritan.
• Coordinate census and patient visitation schedules according to assigned levels of care.
• Provide in-services on spiritual care to staff, volunteers, and the community.
• Participate in organizational activities such as Tree of Life and Memorial Events.
• Participate in staff and volunteer orientation and training.

Benefits

• Qualifying employer under Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefit packages.
• Highly competitive salary.
• 403(b) plan and employer match.
• Generous paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time