Spiritual Counselor

About the Organization

By The Bay Health, a non‑profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home‑based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

This full‑time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment. We are seeking a Spiritual Support Counselor as a member of the transdisciplinary team and provides spiritual services to patients and their families in agreement with the patient/family's desires and belief system.

Monday – Friday; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

• Provide spiritual/pastoral services when indicated and appropriate as soon as possible after admission.
• Complete a chaplain’s spiritual assessment for patients requesting spiritual services.
• Provide pastoral/spiritual counseling for patient/family in accordance with patient/family on‑going wishes, needs, and applicable traditions including bereavement follow up with family as appropriate.
• Arrange for clergy/spiritual leaders from specific traditions to visit patient/family as needed and appropriate.
• Ability to travel between multiple patient sites on a daily basis.

• Masters degree in Divinity, Theology or related field from an accredited university.
• 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
• Minimum of one year of experience providing spiritual services, in an acute health care setting, or equivalent experience in a chaplaincy or in pastoral counseling.
• Hospice or home health experience preferred.

None required.

$35.00 – $43.25 hourly

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome  organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress toward this goal and ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one, at least every five years.