Chaplain Job Functions
- Assures spiritual assessment and spiritual care of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner
- Facilitates the development of the individualized the plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs
- 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 care
- Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested
- Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of associate, 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
*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.