HOSPICE CHAPLAIN

BrightSpring Health Services - Colorado Springs, CO

Full-time

Colorado Springs, CO

Social Assistance

About the position

The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for providing spiritual care services to patients and their families or caregivers within the hospice program at Abode Healthcare. This role involves direct spiritual care, coordination with community spiritual counselors, and participation in interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure that the spiritual needs of patients are met in a timely and compassionate manner.

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
• 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

Requirements

• Completion or graduation from a theology or chaplaincy program
• Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver
• Ability to work as a member of an 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
• Hospice experience preferred
• Possesses and maintains current CPR certification