Hospice Chaplain

Description

Longleaf Hospice and Palliative Care is locally-owned with offices located in Atlanta, Covington and Roswell, offering end-of-life care to those with life limiting illnesses in the communities we serve. We believe that this very special care is best provided by professionals who live and work in the community they serve. At Longleaf Hospice and Palliative Care, we integrate and address the diverse, seen and unseen needs of patients and their families.

As Hospice Chaplain, you will:

• Assure spiritual assessment of patients/families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner
• Attend Interdisciplinary Group Plan of Care meetings as a member of the Interdisciplinary Group
• Notify hospice patients as to the availability of clergy and to the extent desired by the patient/family, making reasonable efforts to arrange for visits of clergy and other members of religious organizations in the community
• Maintain records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policy and procedure review and revision
• Coordinate and document services provided by others providing spiritual support under the Plan of Care; documents ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors
• Provide consultation, education, and support to the Interdisciplinary Group on spiritual care
• Provide direct spiritual care to patients/families/caregivers as needed and documents direct spiritual care
• Coordinate and/or provide for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested
• Along with Bereavement Coordinator, coordinate periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team
• Assist in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/families/caregivers

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv or equivalent Theological degree); or ordained and/or licensed by an ecclesiastical organization as a minister with at least four units of clinical pastoral education from a nationally recognized provider; or training and experience providing comfort and support to those dealing with death and dying in a hospice setting and working under the supervision of a Spiritual Care Coordinator who has at least one unit of clinical pastoral education
• Ability to work as a member of the 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 highly preferred