Overview
Why You’ll Love Being a PRN Chaplain at AccentCare
Coverage Area: Washington DC
Do you enjoy providing outstanding patient care? Bring your organizational skills and knowledge of at-home care and join the AccentCare team today as a Chaplain.
When you join AccentCare, you become part of a team that is not only dedicated to their patients, but to each other as well. Here, you will truly make a difference each and every day as you work alongside a supportive team. With a competitive benefits package, work-life balance, professional development, and an outstanding work environment, you will have everything you need to achieve success in your career.
Bring your passion for patient care and you will build a career you love as a Chaplain.
Join the AccentCare team and apply for this Chaplain opportunity today!
Salary: $25 – $34 / hour
Schedule: PRN
1 unit CPE required
Responsibilities
Hospice PRN Chaplain Responsibilities:
- Assess the spiritual and religious needs of patients and their families, arrange for the provision of spiritual and religious support in accordance with their wishes, and supporting families in the bereavement process
- Complete the spiritual needs comprehensive assessment for 100% of new admissions.
- Serve as liaison to the patient/family’s community of faith. In response to the needs of patient and family, support patient/family clergy, or other spiritual caregiver, of the issues related to the terminal illness of the patient.
- Build relationships of care and concern partnering with persons in their spiritual journey empowering them to draw from their identified areas of strength and support.
- Provide patients, families and caregivers with an affirming presence, non-judgmental listening, advocacy, and focused discussions of spiritual issues and possible resolutions.
- If patient and family do not have a religious affiliation but wish to receive pastoral care, provide for spiritual support and services in accordance with the wishes and beliefs of the patient and family.
- Appropriately document the provision of spiritual care.
- Serve as an active member of the interdisciplinary care team providing appropriate support to staff, and participate in/review of the plan of care for patients and their families.
- Network with clergy and the lay community to provide information about hospice, and engage them as partners in the care of patients and families.
Qualifications
Hospice PRN Chaplain Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from a Council for Higher Education accredited college, university or divinity school is required; a graduate-level master’s degree from a similarly accredited college, university or theological school preferred.
- Ordained, credentialed, or commissioned according to the practices of a legitimate and recognized religious organization/faith tradition.
- One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or greater preferred. Equivalencies for CPE will be granted per established guidelines of individual professional organizations. Prior experience in hospice also preferred.
- Minimum of one year post-graduate supervised experience in a medical or other healthcare agency/institution.
- CT: Minimum of three years’ experience providing pastoral / spiritual care.
- Ability to provide an inter-faith approach to spiritual care demonstrating a high level of cultural and theological competence in working with diverse faith and belief systems.
- Experience or education in grief or loss counseling preferred. Back to Bedside skills check to be completed upon hire.
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, and teaching skills. Computer skills: Word, email, patient database charting, internet, voicemail.
- Must have a reliable automobile, valid driver’s license, and the minimum state required liability auto insurance.