Spiritual Services Coordinator

Overview

Description Under direction, to direct, plan, guide and coordinate the interfaith spiritual care ministry services of a County department or agency.

Description Under direction, to direct, plan, guide and coordinate the interfaith spiritual care ministry services of a County department or agency.

The Power of WE: Together, we can make a greater impact. Bringing better care and expanding healthcare services across the community.

Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) is the second largest public health care system in California and includes three acute care hospitals, 14 clinics and 60+ specialty and sub-specialty services. Our mission is to provide high-quality, accessible healthcare and excellent service to everyone in Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - SCVMC is a full-service tertiary acute care teaching hospital with 699 licensed beds providing a wide range of specialized services, including Rehabilitation, Burn, Trauma, and NICU. SCVMC was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as #6 Rehabilitation Hospital in the nation and #1 in the West and designated as a 2024 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care, Heart Failure, Stroke, Hip Fracture, and Pneumonia.

O Connor Hospital - O Connor Hospital (OCH) is a 358 licensed bed acute care facility offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty programs to residents of Santa Clara County. It was founded in 1889 as one of the first hospitals in the county. OCH has grown significantly over the past five years in both its inpatient volume and its Emergency Department visits.

Along with these volume increases other ancillary and clinical departments like imaging, lab, pharmacy, and respiratory have seen growth as well.

St. Louise Regional Hospital - Since 1989, St. Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH) has been caring for the residents in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical specialties. SLRH has 93 beds, is a Designated Primary Stroke Center, and is the only acute care hospital in the area. Located in Gilroy, SLRH maintains a CALSTAR 2 emergency helicopter base on the premises.

Regional Medical Center – Regional Medical Center (RMC) is a 258-bed hospital that is the main emergency healthcare provider for East San José, treating a wide range of critical and life-threatening conditions for more than 60 years. Since the SCVH integration of RMC effective 4/1/25, RMC has expanded the critical services including Level II trauma, Thrombectomy capable Stroke Center and STEMI care, and has been seeing an increased number of emergency visits and inpatient volume.

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• Gathers data from individual charts and records: speaks with staff, family members, and/or individual(s) directly to assess and determine spiritual care requirements;
• Identifies individual s ministry need and develops a plan of spiritual care intervention to support individual s desired outcomes;
• Provides spiritual care support through listening presence, affirmation, spiritual guidance, reconciliation, emotional support, grief processing, prayer, meditation, blessings, encouragement, consolation, advocacy, humor, family dynamics and/or conflict mediation;
• Responds promptly to emergency calls to assist a team of providers responding to an individual in cardiopulmonary arrest (code blue alert);
• Offers spiritual support for patients placed on comfort care and/or palliative care and their families, and meets weekly with the palliative care team to integrate services;
• Provides regular spiritual support for families of individuals that are actively dying; coordinates vigil support for families of individuals who are near end of life or have died; provides grief and bereavement support for families and staff;
• Provides spiritual guidance and direction in response to questions regarding ethical medical care and end of life concerns and consults with medical staff on cases involving medical ethical issues;
• Collaborates with management staff in recruiting, training, assigning duties and supervising interfaith spiritual care services provided by volunteers;
• Teaches continuing education courses for nurses and medical social workers;
• Promotes the spiritual care program in the local community; coordinates 24-hour spiritual care support with volunteers;
• Maintains and updates an available list of local clergy and religious leaders in the community to provide individuals with referrals, as needed;
• Participates in weekly interdisciplinary rounds visiting patients in the Burn Unit, Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit and participates in Palliative Care Team meetings;
• Participates in family conferences with the interdisciplinary health care team;
• Coordinates religious groups for…