Job Summary:
Provides spiritual care in the home to terminally ill patients and their families. To provide an assessment of the patient's and family's spiritual needs and to provide counseling to meet those needs. Makes reasonable efforts to facilitate visits by local clergy, pastoral counselors or other individuals who can support the patient's spiritual needs. Participates as a core member of the Interdisciplinary Team.
Job Qualifications:
Education: Master of Divinity (preferred). Licensure: Certification (as applicable) Experience: One (1) year experience as a Chaplain in a healthcare setting (preferred) Skills: Working knowledge of community Spiritual and other resources. Good interpersonal skills. Proof of current CPR.
Transportation: Reliable transportation, current Driver's License, and valid/current auto liability insurance.
Essential Functions:
- Performs ongoing clinical assessment of hospice patients and support system to identify spiritual needs as evidenced by the POC, documentation, clinical records, and IDG conference minutes. Provide support for the spiritual needs of the patient/family.
- Develops and evaluates the plan of care in partnership with patient/client, representative (if any) and caregiver(s).
- Accepts assignments that are consistent with education and competence to meet the needs of the patients/clients.
- Provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care, including patient/client, caregiver, and family counseling and patient/client, and caregiver education.
- Uses effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
- Communicates with all involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
- Meets mandatory continuing education requirements of the Agency and the licensing board
- Demonstrates commitment, professional growth, and competency by maintaining a working knowledge of public and private eligibility standards and requirements.
- Promotes the agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.
- Collaborates with the IDT to promote coordination of patient/client care.
- Participates in the Agency's QAPI program.
- Provides effective communication to patients, their family members, team members, and other health care professionals.
- Demonstrates commitment, professional growth, and competency.
- Participates in agency sponsored in-service training.
Additional Responsibilities:
Conforms to all applicable agency policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations. Maintain confidentiality of patient information and business trade practices.
Assumes accountability for reporting incidents and complaints according to agency policies. Appropriately completes home documentation in accordance with agency policies and CMS guidelines.
Necessities:
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- Must pass a drug test at request of agency.
- Must have the ability to fill out and turn in a time sheet in a timely manner.
- Must have respect and take care of company technology placed in your care.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
- With the use of time management, establish priorities and meet deadlines.
- Coordinate with other departments effectively, timely, and politely.
- The ability to use critical thinking to result in problem solving.
- Demonstrates organization and leadership abilities by effective use of time and personnel through effectively delegating responsibilities appropriately if necessary.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
- Maintains a committed and cooperative attitude with staffing, promoting teamwork and harmony by readily assisting other staff and participates in team meetings.
Equipment Operation:
The job requires the ability to utilize a PC, tablet, and/or cell phone.
Must be able to interact with a computer to check email, assess training, look at your schedule, and to work efficiently in Microsoft applications.
Physical, Mental, Miscellaneous Demands:
1. Ability to do heavy lifting, bending, pulling, pushing, and standing. Prolonged standing and walking required.
2. Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient needs and to meet patient and family individualized psychosocial needs.
3. Requires hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.
4. Must have and maintain valid driver's license and proof of current valid auto liability insurance.
5. Requires current CPR certificate and the ability to maintain a CPR certificate throughout employment.
6. Requires ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10lbs of force continuously to move objects
7. Work deals mostly with areas such as preparing and reading data and figures, records, reports, visual inspection involving small details. Although important, depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are not as critical as the ability to distinguish small details and markings very near to the observer.
8. Requires ability to grasp, pull, push, carry, or otherwise manipulate objects; ability to perform tasks requiring action of muscle groups and foot and/or hand-eye coordination.
9. Requires ability to communicate clearly and make self-understand effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy to communicate effectively while using the phone.
10. Requires ability to hear and receive verbal instructions correctly, answer phones, communicate professionally with people in situations with some background noise.
11. Requires ability to concentrate on fine detail with frequent interruptions; ability to focus attention on tasks for 10-20 minutes at a time on a continuous basis, 20-60 minutes on occasion
12. Requires ability to understand and relate specific ideas one at a time and to the concepts behind specific ideas; ability to remember verbal and written task assignments from a few hours to several day periods.
13. Position requires sitting approximately 60% of the time, standing/stooping/bending/climbing approximately 20% of the time; and walking approximately 20% of the time.
14. Excellent computer software skills necessary to produce accurate documents and materials required.
15. Requires ability to work effectively under minimal supervision; exercise excellent, sound professional judgement and maintain confidentiality.
Risk Management:
Cooperates fully in all risk management activities and investigations.
Keep abreast of changes in health care law.
Maintains agency/program compliance with local, state and federal laws as well as state accreditation standards.
Environmental Conditions:
Moderate noise level; moderate stress and emotional demands. The environmental conditions are unpredictable due to the nature of the work being in individual patient home environments.
