Chaplain

Job description

Schedule 7:45am-4:15pm with on call rotation General Summary: Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families and staff and performs or arranges for religious services to meet the needs of the hospital population. Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions: - Provides direct spiritual care to patients/families/caregivers/staff, when needed and assessed. - Participates in a spiritual assessment of the patient/family/caregivers, as indicated. - Facilitates the development of a plan of care to meet the identified spiritual needs in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. - Serves as liaison to community chaplains and faith community leaders, as indicated. - Documents all patient/family/caregiver contacts and provides additional written, pertinent information as indicated. - Participates in patient care conference and interdisciplinary team meetings, as assigned. - Provides consultation, education and support to the interdisciplinary team on spiritual care, as assigned. - Provides for funeral or memorial services or other services as requested by patient/families, as assigned. - Provides bereavement support. - Works across region for the department when needed...