PRN Hospice Chaplain in Saint Louis, Missouri at Dover Hospice

At Dover Health we’re not just redefining senior care, we’re redefining what it means to care. Discover customized services designed to cater to the specific needs of each and every patient. Dover Health takes pride in its core values and expects that every team member will be passionate, trustworthy, empathetic, positive, respectful, and approachable.

Position Summary:

As a Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor, you will have the opportunity to connect with, and positively impact the lives of, our patients daily! You will promote the physical, personal, and emotional well-being of patients and work with the Dover Health teams to strive to reach the ultimate goal, which is to return the patient to their maximum level of self-care and independence, when possible.

Essential Duties:

The following duties are normal for this position. This list is not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Conduct a spiritual assessment as part of the comprehensive admission assessment.
• Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary patient care plan as it pertains to spiritual care.
• Provide spiritual support in accordance with on-going wishes and needs of the patient/family in accordance with their religious preferences or definition of spirituality.
• Work in close collaboration with local clergy when desired by the patient.
• Maintain and submit written clinical records per agency policy, including the initial evaluation, the care plan and daily notes.
• Evaluate the patients and family’s response to, and effectiveness of, the spiritual counseling.
• Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits with the patients; Case Managers to facilitate coordination of other staff visits.
• Participate in IDG and QUPI meetings and activities.
• Conduct religious services of prayer, worship, and rituals for patients/families, as appropriate.
• Collaborate with other professionals in resolving spiritual/ethical issues.
• Provide spiritual and bereavement support to staff as needed.
• Provide consultation and education to the IDG on spiritual to the IDG on spiritual care.
• Provide funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.
• Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her Spiritual practice through formal education, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organizational meetings, and/or individual research and reading.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is?occasionally required to stand/move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and/or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education and/or Experience: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.

• Comfortable in an interfaith setting.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• Able to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Must be a licensed driver with an insured automobile.
• The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.
• Physical activities will include walking, sitting, stooping and standing.
• Ordained, commissioned or credentialed according to the practices of an organized religious group, and has completed one unite of CPE or has a minimum of a bachelor’s degree with emphasis in counseling or related subjects and has within 90 days of hire, completed specific training to include: common spiritual issues in death and dying, belief systems of comparative religions related to death and dying, spiritual assessment skills, individualizing care to patient beliefs, and varied spiritual practices/rituals OR Has a degree in theology or from a seminary along with emphasis in counseling or related subjects and has within 90 days of hire, completed specific training to include: common spiritual assessment skills, individualizing care to patient beliefs, and varied spiritual practices/rituals.
• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in Internet browsers (e.g., Explorer, Chrome, and Fire Fox), Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel, Word and Publisher, electronic health records (EHR) systems, and any HR related systems if applicable.