Spiritual Counselor

Description

Bring comfort, compassion, and meaningful spiritual support to hospice patients and their families as a Hospice Spiritual Counselor with Adoray Home Health and Hospice. This flexible, casual-call position generally offers up to 20 hours per week, with the potential to flex up to 40 hours when needed—giving you the opportunity to make a difference while maintaining a schedule that works for you. In this rewarding role, you will provide counseling and spiritual care to hospice patients, their families, and staff. You may also occasionally support Palliative Care patients by connecting them with appropriate spiritual care resources.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Theology or equivalent required.

· Believes in and has working knowledge of the hospice concept of care.

· A Spiritual Counselor recognized by the governing body to possess the capability to provide spiritual, religious and emotional support to the hospice patient and, as necessary, the patient’s family.  (Required)

· Must have one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education, but 4 units are preferred.

· Extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of spiritual and religious belief systems required.

Preferred Qualifications

· Master’s Degree in related field

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

· Demonstrates a working knowledge of and follows the established policies, procedures and guidelines of Adoray Home Health and Hospice.

· Helps the team to develop and grow:  listens, motivates and participates in team efforts, actively works to generate respect and enthusiasm, cooperates with others through sharing duties, is perceived as a supporter and promoter of intra-team and inter-team relationships.

· Is perceived as available and responsive to team members, seeks ways to improve individual contributions, and increase the level of responsibility of self and others.

· Sets a positive example for desired work ethic and attitude, shares skills with other team members, and actively learns from other team members.

· Ability to work autonomously and make independent judgments.

· Ability to manage conflicting priorities and handle multiple tasks/projects concurrently

· Ability to work well as part of a team and independently

· Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills

· Exceptional customer service skills

· Display and promote high standards of ethical conduct and behaviors consistent with organizational standards

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Completes spiritual assessment of the patient’s and family’s needs within 5 days of admission as permitted.

· Assesses/acts as a resource when bereavement follow-up suggests abnormal grieving, as requested.

· Participates in developing the initial Hospice care plan in conjunction with IDT specific to the needs of each patient/family within 24 hours of admission.

· Ensures there are spiritual resources available to patient/family to meet needs as appropriate.

· Attends and contributes to patient/family conferences as requested.

· Ensures pertinent patient information is communicated to case manager and/or other members of IDT team as necessary.

· Provides spiritual counseling to meet spiritual needs in accordance with the patient’s and family’s acceptance of service. 

· Provides spiritual counseling to patient/family (to include home visits) when requested in a manner consistent with patient and family beliefs and desires.

· Facilitates visits by local clergy, pastoral counselors, or other individuals who can support the patient’s spiritual needs to the best of his/her ability and advise the patient and family of this service.

· Establishes and implements the spiritual care plan within 5 days of admission and institutes appropriate revisions on an ongoing basis. 

· Complies with universal precautions and standard infection control protocols and general safety policies and procedures.

· Assists the patient and/or family in procuring community resources as needed.

· Regularly reassesses the patient/family spiritual needs relative to the 

changing status of the patient’s terminal condition.

· Maintains accurate, complete documentation of activities on medical record.

· Ensures documentation is on the medical record within 48 hours following the provision of service (i.e., IDT updates, visits).

· Completes spiritual discharge summary on assigned hospice patients within two weeks of death or discharge. 

· Other duties as assigned.