Hospice Chaplain, Part-time

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)