Chaplain

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Wichita Falls, Texastime type:
Part time posted on:
Posted 4 Days Agojob requisition :
JR53655

The Hospice Chaplain is responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc., either directly or through coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
** DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
** Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.

Facilitates the development of the individualized plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.

Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.

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.

Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.

Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.

Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.

Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job.  The employee may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.  The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.  Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.  

More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at  health care and hospice require experienced and specially trained professionals.  We have that.
And we also have a proven approach to care defined by truly caring professionals. Yet that alone is not how we are different. You see, we believe…and we seek every day…heartfelt ways to be kinder. Day by day, with every patient, no matter how complex or simple the medical issue at hand, we simply have found …It's Better to be Kinder!

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.
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