Job Summary: 

• Directly provide spiritual support/counseling services through home visits and both individual and group counseling
• Coordinate the provision of spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their families enrolled in the hospice program, utilizing personal, community, and volunteer resources.
• Assure the assessment of the spiritual needs, issues, and concerns of hospice patients/families
• Assure assessments are documented, appropriate interventions are planned, implemented, and evaluated for
• Assure staff and volunteer competency in the assessment, provision, coordination, and documentation of spiritual support
• Provide and facilitate the training and education of staff through departmental and community resources.
• Oversee the development and coordination of spiritual care resources, including literature, support groups, mentors/consultants, community resources, educational rituals, program events, including memorial services, and alternative care.
• Measure and monitor the quantity and quality of pastoral care/spiritual support services provided, including family satisfaction, outcomes, and utilization of services
• Develop and implement performance measures to improve such that they meet prioritized patient and program goals.
• Provides bereavement support to surviving family members for up to 13 months after the patient dies, including phone support, in-home visitations, bereavement support groups, and assisting with memorial or funeral services

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Care Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Care Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Staff Training (Hard Skills)
• Program Management (Hard Skills)
• Quality Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Active Listening (Soft Skills)
• Grief Support (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Support families and communities through the anticipatory grief and post-death bereavement processes.
• Complete the spiritual needs comprehensive assessment of a patient and family-of-choice for all patients admitted to hospice services
• Serve as liaison to the patient and the family's community of faith
• Respond to the patient and family
• Support the patient and family's clergy, or other spiritual caregiver, as relates to the terminal illness of the patient
• Build relationships of care and concerns, partnering with persons in their spiritual journey, empowering them to draw from their identified areas of strength and support
• Provide patients, families, and caregivers
• Presence, non-judgmental listening, advocacy, and focused discussions of spiritual issues and possible resolutions
• Spiritual support and counseling
• Provide spiritual support and services according to the wishes and beliefs of the patient and family
• Document the provision of spiritual care appropriately
• Serve as an active member of the interdisciplinary care team, providing appropriate support to staff
• Participate in and review the plan of care for patients and their families

Skills on Resume: 

• Grief Support (Soft Skills)
• Spiritual Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Faith Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Family Response (Soft Skills)
• Clergy Support (Soft Skills)
• Care Advocacy (Soft Skills)
• Nonjudgmental Presence (Soft Skills)
• Care Documentation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Ensure a network with clergy, faith leaders, spiritual care providers, and the lay community to provide information about hospice
• Engage above as partners in the care of patients and families
• Participate in developing and enhancing the spiritual and religious support services provided by the organization in collaboration with community clergy, faith leaders, spiritual care providers, laity, and other members of the hospice interdisciplinary team
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on the end of life and safely hold these conversations in an atmosphere of care, sensitivity, and support
• Support the bereavement program at the program site level
• Completing bereavement calls and visits to offer counseling and support
• Facilitating bereavement support groups in the community, including an annual memorial service
• Participating in monthly bereavement committee meetings
• Keeping the bereavement binder up to date, including meeting minutes, sign-in sheets, workshops, etc.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and provide after-hours coverage as specified by the needs of the organization
• Provide supervisory or field instructor guidance to supportive care interns

Skills on Resume: 

• Community Networking (Soft Skills)
• Care Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Program Development (Hard Skills)
• End-of-Life Education (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Soft Skills)
• Support Group Facilitation (Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Intern Supervision (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Serve as a member of one or more Interdisciplinary Groups (IDGs) and attend meetings
• Complete spiritual assessment for patients admitted to hospice services within four days of receiving referral from the admitting RN, Case Manager
• Assess and support of patient's spiritual and cultural beliefs as regards to spiritual and bereavement services
• Work with staff, clergy, and community groups to enhance their sensitivity to the spiritual concerns of patients/families experiencing terminal illness or loss
• Participate in patient care conferences by exploring and assessing the spiritual needs of patients/families
• Maintain contact with community clergy regarding patients' spiritual needs
• Maintain proper documentation of pastoral care visits to patients and their families
• Perform occasional liturgical assignments such as the annual Service of Remembrance and monthly memorial services with staff

Skills on Resume: 

• Team Participation (Soft Skills)
• Spiritual Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Cultural Sensitivity (Soft Skills)
• Community Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Care Conference Support (Soft Skills)
• Clergy Communication (Soft Skills)
• Visit Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Service Facilitation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Conduct or make arrangements for the funeral or memorial services
• Develop and maintain a resource group of clergy to whom specific aspects of spiritual care
• Serve in on-call chaplaincy services 
• Provide educational programs for hospice staff, community clergy, religious, and lay representatives
• Maintains a high degree of confidentiality at all times due to access to sensitive information
• Maintains regular, predictable, consistent attendance and is flexible to meet the needs of the department
• Follows all Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA regulations and requirements
• Abides by all regulations, policies, procedures, and standards

Skills on Resume: 

• Service Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Resource Management (Hard Skills)
• On-Call Support (Hard Skills)
• Staff Education (Hard Skills)
• Confidentiality (Soft Skills)
• Attendance Reliability (Soft Skills)
• Regulation Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Policy Adherence (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Responsible for the provision of spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers of Rivercross Hospice, either directly or through the coordination of care with other spiritual counselors.
• Ensures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program, and appropriate services are rendered promptly.
• 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.
• Make all reasonable efforts to facilitate visits by local clergy, pastoral counselors, or other individuals who can support the patient’s spiritual needs to the best of its ability
• Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients 
• Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Care (Hard Skills)
• Assessment Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Direct Support (Soft Skills)
• Community Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Memorial Planning (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide pastoral care services to Hospice patients and families, and to staff 
• Provide spiritual support and counseling to patients and family through telephone calls, home visits, nursing home visits, and hospital visits
• Provide spiritual support and counseling to staff 
• Pray weekly for Hospice patients, families, staff, and the larger community
• Assist families with funerals or memorial services
• Work closely with the Hospice Social Worker to provide bereavement support and counseling to patients and families
• Respect the confidentiality of all patient information and care team discussions
• Maintain a file of spiritual resources on death, dying, and bereavement
• Communicate with other local clergy
• Coordinate referrals to community clergy or pastoral counselors

Skills on Resume: 

• Pastoral Care (Hard Skills)
• Spiritual Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Staff Support (Soft Skills)
• Prayer Ministry (Soft Skills)
• Funeral Assistance (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Confidentiality (Soft Skills)
• Resource Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Initiate and maintain contact with patients' and/or family's pastor, priest, rabbi, or faith community 
• Work closely with the patient's clergy and hospital chaplains 
• Communicate with both the Home Health/Hospice and Pastoral Care Department staff members
• Participate in weekly Hospice care team meetings (IDG), helping assess patient/family spiritual needs and contributing to the care plan
• Participate in monthly bereavement care team meetings
• Attend monthly Hospice staff meetings
• Notify DPC of any unusual situation that could become a public relations or ethical issue
• Serve on the Hospice Ethics Committee
• Assist other staff with education and community awareness
• Assist other staff and Chaplains in assessing the educational needs of local clergy on matters of death, dying, and bereavement

Skills on Resume: 

• Faith Outreach (Soft Skills)
• Clergy Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Team Communication (Soft Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Soft Skills)
• Issue Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Ethics Participation (Hard Skills)
• Staff Education (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Performs spiritual assessment on all Hospice patients and/or families who desire spiritual support based on their religious, spiritual, and cultural practices and beliefs.
• Acts as liaison to and resource for the community clergy
• Coordinates with community clergy to arrange participation in spiritual rituals and pastoral support.
• Provides nondenominational spiritual counseling per patient and/or family, providing support through discussion of spiritual and/or existential issues, which may include prayer, counsel, and support.
• Responds to the spiritual, social, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families as it relates to their spiritual/existential needs.
• Functions effectively as part of the interdisciplinary team.
• Documents in EMR and in writing of services provided to the patient and/or family in a complete and timely manner.
• Provides bereavement follow-up care in conjunction with bereavement coordinators.
• Assist with bereavement support groups and provide referrals to family for community grief support groups or individual counseling
• Coordinates annual memorial service for hospice families and significant others. 
• Provide and/or participate in the patient’s rituals and funeral/memorial services
• Understanding of the relationships between religion, spirituality, and culture that may affect their end-of-life journey.

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Clergy Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Ritual Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Spiritual Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Emotional Support (Soft Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• EMR Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Care (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Complete Spiritual/ Pastoral assessment as related to terminal illness for admission according to Policy.
• Provide Spiritual/ Pastoral support according to the wishes and needs of the patient/ family.
• Develop an individualized Spiritual/ Pastoral plan of care that demonstrates an effort to work in close collaboration with local clergy
• Participate in the development, update, and completion of the IDT plan of care.
• Ensure patients/ families of different philosophies and religious beliefs are offered opportunities to discuss and share their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of scripture/ devotional readings/ prayer/ etc. to nurture patients'/family's faith perspective.
• Responsible for conducting religious services of prayer, worship, and rituals for patients/ families
• Document Spiritual/ Pastoral Counseling in the clinical record and/ or progress notes according to policy.
• Provide bereavement or other appropriate support to staff
• Demonstrates accurate assessment of survivors’ social & emotional risk factors related to Bereavement.
• Develops an appropriate and effective bereavement care plan according to the survivor's needs, seeking guidance from the IDT

Skills on Resume: 

• Pastoral Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Spiritual Support (Hard Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Team Participation (Soft Skills)
• Cultural Sensitivity (Soft Skills)
• Religious Services (Hard Skills)
• Care Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Performs spiritual assessment on all Hospice patients.
• Acts as liaison between Hospice and the spiritual community.
• Responds to the mental, spiritual, social, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families.
• Provides non-denominational spiritual counseling per patient and/or family 
• Functions well as part of the interdisciplinary group.
• Provides emotional support through discussion of spiritual and/or existential issues.
• Assists the family in understanding the grief process.
• Gives referrals to family for community grief support groups.
• Allows patient and family to voice their concerns, fears, and feelings.
• Responsive to the patient’s desires and condition.
• Addresses and supports cultural practices, as long as such practices do not harm others.
• Supports a culture of safety and quality.
• Perform specific religious duties related to the faith in which he/she is ordained, i.e., administration of last rites.
• Understands Hospice philosophy and issues of death and dying.

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Community Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Holistic Support (Soft Skills)
• Spiritual Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Emotional Support (Soft Skills)
• Grief Guidance (Soft Skills)
• Religious Duties (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Delivers direct spiritual care appropriate to the recipient's spirituality, culture, religious preference, and health status
• Ongoing monitoring that includes strengths, coping mechanisms, personal goals, significant relationships, home environment, and financial status.
• Works closely and effectively with interdisciplinary care teams, social workers, nursing, and medical staff to provide spiritual care insights
• Participates in the interdisciplinary team, providing spiritual support to address the psychosocial aspects of patient care in the development of the patient's treatment plan
• Promotes safety, quality, and appropriate resource utilization
• Participate in the development, update, and completion of the IDT plan of care
• Participates in required in-service offerings.
• Completes all required documentation in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner by Wesley Homes' standards and procedures
• Demonstrates ability to use agency software, technology, and information systems used by the agency.

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Care (Hard Skills)
• Patient Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Psychosocial Support (Soft Skills)
• Quality Promotion (Hard Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Inservice Participation (Hard Skills)
• Tech Proficiency (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provides direct spiritual consultation and spiritual and emotional support for staff experiencing work-related or personal stress, including being available for private conversations while respecting work schedules and locating private space for counseling.
• Provides education and ethical consultation for patients, family, staff, and volunteers.
• Adheres to and exhibits Wesley Homes' organizational mission and policies
• Demonstrates understanding of Medicare hospice benefit and Washington State Hospice licensing regulations.
• Provide support and ensure availability to families during the bereavement period, both pre-death and post-death
• Bereavement counseling includes emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual support.
• Provide education to community groups on end-of-life issues, hospice, and palliative care.
• Provide available contacts within the local faith community or be able to facilitate those contacts, for the patient and/ or family

Skills on Resume: 

• Spiritual Consultation (Hard Skills)
• Staff Support (Soft Skills)
• Ethics Education (Hard Skills)
• Policy Adherence (Hard Skills)
• Regulation Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Hard Skills)
• Community Education (Hard Skills)
• Faith Referral (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provides spiritual and pastoral counseling services through the Plan of Care (POC). 
• Makes an initial assessment as indicated and appropriate, and ensures it is completed within five days of admission, by the Medicare Conditions of Participation. 
• Provides spiritual and pastoral support by ongoing wishes and needs of the patient and family. 
• Develops an individualized spiritual and pastoral plan of care that demonstrates an effort to work in close collaboration with local clergy whenever desired by the patient and provides spiritual support as defined by the patient and family. 
• Conducts religious prayer and worship services and rituals for patients and families
• Offers patients and families of different philosophies and religious beliefs the opportunity to discuss and share their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values. 
• Documents counseling provided in patient clinical records and adheres to all agency policies and procedures regarding the same. 
• Works with other disciplines and professionals in resolving spiritual, pastoral, and ethical issues. 
• Works in a team approach with members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and other qualified professionals, as determined by Hospice, to assess and evaluate patient and family responses to care. 

Skills on Resume: 

• Pastoral Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Initial Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Spiritual Support (Hard Skills)
• Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Religious Services (Hard Skills)
• Cultural Sensitivity (Soft Skills)
• Counseling Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Attends IDT conferences when the POC is reviewed and assists in developing and updating the same. 
• Request, meets with individual staff regarding personal spiritual and pastoral issues that may affect their ability to function effectively, and remains available to staff for bereavement support. 
• Oversee the bereavement department to follow up and provide bereavement services to families according to regulations 
• Work in unison with the volunteer coordinator to meet the needs of patients, families, and stay in compliance with Medicare guidelines 
• Assists with planning and performing monthly and annual memorial services for families and staff. 
• Participates in the development of approaches to meet staff counseling needs. 
• Keeps the Supervisor informed promptly about legal, ethical, and patient satisfaction issues. 
• Participates in the facility Quality Assessment Process Improvement program. 
• Attends in-services and continuing education programs to maintain proficiency. 

Skills on Resume: 

• Care Conference (Hard Skills)
• Staff Support (Soft Skills)
• Bereavement Oversight (Hard Skills)
• Volunteer Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Memorial Planning (Hard Skills)
• Counseling Development (Hard Skills)
• Issue Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, vision, and values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Makes available, delivers, and facilitates transformative Spiritual Care experiences to patients, residents, participants, visitors, and all colleagues across the healthcare continuum and the communities served. 
• Ensures that the religious beliefs, practices, and values of those served are honored and respected within the total healing process.
• Implements systems and processes to assess religious and spiritual needs and provides interventions based on the assessed needs.
• Makes timely, professional observations of apparent outcomes of Spiritual Care provided and adjusts the continued provision of Spiritual Care
• Documents in the electronic medical record professional Spiritual Care assessments (e.g., assessment of "spiritual distress"), interventions as provided, and outcomes as observed with appropriate plans of care.
• Integrates the Spiritual Care dimension of healing of those served as a full, clinical member of the inter-professional healthcare team.
• Collaboration with the Spiritual Care Manager measures, evaluates, and improves functional processes of Spiritual Care for effectiveness in accordance with approved Mission Integration strategy and tactics connected to achieving system-wide PSA's.
• Fosters the provision of generalized spiritual care to those served (e.g., screening for spiritual distress and responding to signs of spiritual distress, etc.) by non-spiritual care colleagues via programs of spiritual care education and direct modeling of spiritual care ministry.
• Promotes and implements programs of workplace spirituality for and with colleagues in collaboration with the spiritual care manager and local mission leader.
• Plans and implements programs of ongoing personal self-care and formation to achieve and maintain a healthy work-life balance and resiliency.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

Skills on Resume: 

• Mission Integration (Soft Skills)
• Spiritual Care Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Cultural Respect (Soft Skills)
• Needs Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Outcome Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• EMR Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Team Integration (Soft Skills)
• Program Evaluation (Hard Skills)