Chaplain

Job description

Description To cultivate spiritual and emotional support to patients, families/caregivers to ensure each have a voice to explore spiritual concerns, ask crucial questions, comprehend the importance of their lives and discover peace as they approach death. Requirements: ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: · Assess the spiritual needs of patient/family with patient/family consent · Provide spiritual care and support for patient/family/caregivers as needed or requested · Develop a plan of care with the interdisciplinary team meeting the spiritual/emotional needs of the patient/family caregivers and update the plan of care every 14 days · Utilize spiritual resources to meet needs of patient and family · Consult and provide education to interdisciplinary team about spirituality and spiritual care · Provide ethical consultation for staff regarding end-of-life issues and how faith impacts choices · Contact patient/family’s minister and other religious caregivers, as appropriate and as requested by patient/family · Serve palliative care patients as assigned · Be available to attend receivings or funerals for patients on weekdays · Facilitate or assist with funerals/memorial services, as r...