Spiritual Care Counselor​/Chaplain PRN

Spiritual Care Counselor / Chaplain, As Needed

Join to apply for the Spiritual Care Counselor / Chaplain, As Needed role at Stillwater Hospice. In this role, you will care for patients in Allen, Noble, & DeKalb counties as needed and may have a rotational schedule.

$21.12/hr - $28.53/hr

• 403b Retirement Plan for all employees with no cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.
• Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
• Company-provided Uniform allowance.
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for Employees & Family household members.
• New hire referral Finder's Bonus.
• Free employee access to the services and programs at the Peggy
  
  F. Murphy Community Grief Center.
• A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
• Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
• Multiple employee engagement events per year:
  Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.
• A strong commitment to promoting and advancing employees from within the organization.
• The campus is connected to the Fort Wayne Trails system.

Spiritual Care Counselor

Hourly / Non-Exempt

Spiritual Care Coordinator

Anticipates the need and provides spiritual counsel and emotional support to the active and bereaved hospice patients and their families, serves as a liaison between community clergy and hospice, and provides support and spiritual counsel to members of the hospice team.

• Bachelor’s degree with experience in bereavement and grief.
• One (1) year of chaplaincy/counseling and/or previous experience in terminal care preferred (internship, clinical pastoral units, or past work experience).
• Preferred:
  Ministerial License and/or Ordained.
• Must be able to safely perform the job's essential functions without posing a direct threat to the health and/or safety of self or others in the workplace.
• Must have an Indiana motor vehicle operator’s license, access to an automobile, and current automobile insurance coverage.
• Must drive independently to all patients'/family clients’ homes.

• Provides spiritual care/ministry to hospice patients and families as appropriate and desired.
• Performs the admission spiritual assessment, assesses the present religious status of the patient, facilitates connection with their personal clergy if requested, and involves the patient’s church family in care, if desired and needed.
• Establishes a spiritual care plan for patients and families, including but not limited to counseling, sacraments, and rituals in keeping with patient’s beliefs.
• Demonstrates respect, courtesy, and empathy to all individuals: patients, families, co-workers, and volunteers.
• Establishes rapport utilizing communication/listening skills, offering opportunities for patients and families to discuss and share their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values.
• Maintains positive work relationships and contributes to a team environment by demonstrating respectful, appropriate language and nonverbal behavior.
• Provides spiritual support as indicated in the plan of care and updates specific interventions in the patient’s care plan.
• Participates in every other week's interdisciplinary team meeting to promote holistic care, assisting in developing and updating the plan of care.
• Collaborates with appropriate team members for individual cases as appropriate.
• Maintains a professional and therapeutic relationship with patients and families: confidentiality, coworker consideration, and utilization of the entire team.
• Seeks appropriate clinical supervision.
• Documents counseling provided in the patient’s clinical records.
• Records the patient contacts with proper documentation and reports, following established procedures and protocols (all documentation completed by 9:00 a.m. the following day unless approved by a supervisor).
• Participates in monthly, weekend on-call rotation and at least one on-call holiday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on specific on-call days to ensure appropriate patient care coverage.
• Acts as an educational resource for local clergy on issues of…