Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title/Position: Hospice Chaplain

Glory Hospice has over 40 years of clinician experience in pain and symptom management. We are currently looking for a Chaplain to join our growing team and p in San Diego with an emphasis on North County and Southwest Inland Empire. 

OUR VISION is that all individuals embrace the end of life’s journey and prepare for a peaceful death.

OUR MISSION is to provide the dying and their loved ones with peace, comfort, and dignity.

OUR COMMITMENT is to provide terminally ill patients with attentive, high-quality, individualized support and compassionate care, including their loved ones.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEES is a work environment that fosters teamwork, innovation, and support.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner. 
• Facilitates the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs. 
• Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.  
• Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors. 
• Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision. 
• Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors. 
• Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group. 
• Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care. 
• Recruits community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers adequate to meet patient and family/caregiver needs by developing community contacts and offering education through congregations about hospice care. 
• Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested. 
• Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team. 
• Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.  
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities. 
• Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required. 

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver.
• Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group.
• Comfort in an interfaith setting.
• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.
• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Experience:

• Chaplain: 1 year (Required)
• Hospice: 1 year (Preferred)

Job Tags

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