Job Title: Chaplain

Company: Applied Palliative and Hospice Services, Inc.

Location: Greater Sacramento

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $32.00 / Hour to $45.00 / Hour

Industry: Hospice/Palliative Care

Key Responsibilities:

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program
  and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.

• Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

• 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.

Qualifications:

•  Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, Mdiv or equivalent theological
  degree). 
•  Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver. 
• Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary team/group. 
• Comfort in an interfaith setting. 
• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values. 
• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations. 
• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care. 
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or
  organization requirements and is in good working order. 
• Hospice experience preferred.