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Hospice Chaplain, Part-time

Corus Health

Albuquerque, new mexico


Job Details

Part-time


Full Job Description

Corus Health is the proud recent recipient of Albuquerque's prestigious Top 50 Workplace Award! As a full-service hospice and home care agency providing a broad range of services to our customers, we are currently seeking a part-time Chaplain will serve our Hospice patients providing spiritual support to patients & families, in keeping with their individual desires and belief systems. If you have a passion for hospice services and appropriate experience, please submit your resume for our consideration.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Provide direct spiritual support to patients/families.
  • Make contact with clergy or appropriate representatives of patient/families as indicated.
  • Develop and maintain a resource group of clergy to whom specific aspects of spiritual care may be delegated.
  • Participate in patient conference by exploring and assessing the potential spiritual needs of patients/families and reporting on services as indicated.
  • Maintain proper records of visits to patients/families.
  • Conduct or make arrangements for funeral or memorial services per patient family request.
  • Work with staff, clergy, health care professionals and community groups to enhance their sensitivity to the spiritual concerns of patients/families experiencing terminal illness and loss.
  • Assume responsibility for evening, weekends, and holidays on call duty as scheduled and consistent with the policies and procedures of agency.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and comfort with diverse ethnic and cultural beliefs/practices.
  • Thorough understanding of grief process (normal/abnormal, anticipatory, bereavement).
  • Proficient in counseling of the dying patient and bereaved.
  • Accountability in job performance and for improving job knowledge and skills.
  • Support agency’s philosophy, goals, objectives, mission, vision and values.

Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements:

  • Complete understanding of Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI) process
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the grieving process
  • Ability to work effectively with a diverse ethnic and cultural population
  • Understanding of financial issues and community resources which may assist patient
  • Bereavement experience in varied multi-disciplinary settings
  • Minimum two years experience in health or related field required
  • Valid New Mexico driver's license and insured, reliable transportation
  • Accepts other assignments as appropriate

Benefits

Benefits & Allowances:

  • Positive, supportive work environment
  • Continuing Education opportunities
  • Excellent health benefits
  • Employee Assistance Funding
  • 401(k)

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