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Touchstone Health - San Antonio, TX
posted 2 months ago
Part-time - Entry Level
San Antonio, TX
Ambulatory Health Care Services
About the position
The Hospice Bereavement Coordinator and Chaplain at Touchstone Health is a part-time role focused on providing spiritual comfort and bereavement support to hospice patients and their families. The position requires a compassionate individual with experience in grief counseling and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Assessing potential bereavement needs of patients' families
- Contributing to a resource list of community and church-sponsored grief support groups & activities
- Maintaining proper documentation of patient and family visits and bereavement services provided
- Assisting Bereavement Coordinator regarding pre-death bereavement assessments
- Provision of direct spiritual support to patients and families
- Educating fellow staff members to enhance awareness of the spiritual concerns of patients and families experiencing terminal illness and loss
- Maintaining proper documentation of patient and family visits
- Contributing to a resource group of clergy to whom specific aspects of spiritual care may be delegated
- Conducting and arranging for funeral and memorial services when necessary
- Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to develop a spiritual plan of care
Requirements
- Bereavement experience in varied multi-disciplinary settings
- Minimum two years experience in health or related field
- Valid Texas driver's license and insured, reliable transportation
- Demonstrating knowledge of grief process (normal/abnormal, anticipatory, bereavement)
- Awareness of community resources and agencies for referrals when appropriate
- Understanding of the CQI process and ensuring practices and actions reflect the CQI recommendations
- Ability to work effectively with a diverse ethnic and cultural patient population
Benefits
- Positive, supportive work environment
- Continuing Education opportunities
- Flexible work schedule
- Ability to provide spiritual comfort to families & patients at the end of life
