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)