Overview:
Primarily responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to meet the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and families/caregivers, either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
Responsibilities:
Clinical Excellence
* Facilitates the development of the interdisciplinary team plan of care to meet individual spiritual needs.
* Maintain record of spiritual care services and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures.
* Document direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains, spiritual counselors and hospice interdisciplinary team.
* Attend Interdisciplinary Team meetings and complete all associated documentation in an accurate and timely manner.
* Provide consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.
* Meets measures as determined and required for job productivity and performance improvement.
* Provide bereavement follow up services as requested.
* Arrange for on-call availability of chaplaincy services.
* Conduct or make arrangements for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
* Assist in planning periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.
Collaboration
* Develop and maintain a resource group of clergy to whom specific aspects of spiritual care may be delegated.
* Recruit community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers adequately to meet patient/ family/caregiver needs.
* Develop community contacts and offer education through congregations about hospice care.
* Provide educational programs for community clergy, religious and lay representatives as resources allow.
* Provide educational in-services to the hospice and community.
* Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.
Performance Improvement
* Completion of communication tasks and activities in a timely manner. This would include, but is not limited to: responding to email, voicemail or telephone messages, promptly, accurately, and professionally; attending staff meetings as scheduled or viewing videotapes of those meetings; asking questions of team members and supervisors when needing clarification about various day-to-day issues or patient needs; and reviewing employee communication pieces, to stay aware of UnityPoint at Home programs and initiatives.
* Participates in quality assurance and performance improvement activities as assigned.
* Perform other duties as requested by Hospice Administrator or Supervisor to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office.
* Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
* Behave in a manner consistent with Mission, Vision, Values and Expectations for Excellence.
* Maintain compliance with OSHA, Accreditation Standards and Risk Management guidelines
Qualifications:
Education:
* Graduate of accredited school of theology, or related Bachelor's degree.
* 2 units of CPE
Experience:
* Ordination in a particular religious group and/or endorsed and in good standing from an ecclesiastical governing body
License(s)/Certification(s):
* Valid driver's license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.
* Valid Mandatory Reporter course completion by state(s) requirement
* CPR Certification.
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