CorsoCare Hospice
Hospice Chaplain
Job Status: Contingent
Coverage Area: Greater Lansing

At CorsoCare we offer:
Employee First Benefits:
• Competitive compensation, including Medical (BCBS), Dental, Vision and an HSA
• Continued Growth and Education from training, supportive leadership, and collaboration
• Community based visits, means less travel time
• A company provided tablet with 24/7/365 IT support
• Dedicated schedulers to support flexible scheduling options
• Mileage reimbursement

Employee First Culture - YOU BELONG, YOU MATTER!
• What makes you different, makes us great
• You are part of a team
• Your unique experiences and perspectives inspire others
• A 1440 Culture - one that strives to use all 1440 minutes in each day to create the absolute best experiences with every person, in every interaction

Job Summary:

The Hospice Bereavement Counselor / Chaplain provides spiritual and emotional care to terminally ill patients and their families as well as grief support to the family after the death of the patient. Ability to work with people of various religious faiths and cultures. Responsible for developing bereavement programs and overseeing current programs, including social activities and workshops.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Hospice Bereavement Counselor / Chaplain demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:

• Performs spiritual assessment on all Hospice patients.
• Acts as liaison between Hospice and the spiritual community.
• Responds to the mental, spiritual, social and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families.
• Provides non-denominational spiritual counseling per patient and/or family request.
• Functions well as part of the interdisciplinary group.
• Provides emotional support through discussion of spiritual and/or existential issues.
• Assists family in understanding the grief process.
• The Hospice Bereavement Counselor / Chaplain gives referrals to family for community grief support groups.
• Allows patient and family to voice their concerns, fears and feelings.
• Responsive to patient’s desires and condition.
• Addresses and supports cultural practices, as long as such practices do not harm others.
• Supports a culture of safety and quality.
• May perform specific religious duties related to the faith in which he/she is ordained, i.e., administration of last rites.
• Understands Hospice philosophy and issues of death and dying.

Professional Requirements:

• The ability to work effectively in stressful situations while maintaining a calm demeanor.
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
• Completes annual educational requirements.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Maintains and ensures patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty.
• Attends annual review and inservices.
• Attends at least 1 staff meeting / month, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• The Hospice Bereavement Counselor / Chaplain represents the organization in a positive and professional manner in the community.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the organization.

Regulatory Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in ministry, counseling, social work preferred.
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training preferred.
• Certification required (i.e., APC, NACC, AAPC, NAJC, HCMA or NAVAC)
• Two (2) years or equivalent full time experience in bereavement counseling within the last three (3) years.
• Valid state driver’s license and reliable automobile, current automobile insurance and be willing to operate personal car necessitated by nature of job.
• Current health certificate/physical examination and TB testing.

Language Skills:

• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent public speaking skills.
• Additional languages preferred.

General Working Conditions:

This position entails standing for long periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to communicate effectively with others, sit, stand, walk and use hands to handle keyboard, telephone, paper, files, and other equipment and objects. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to review detailed documents and read computer screens. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The work environment requires appropriate interaction with others. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. Occasional travel to different locations may be required.

We have comprehensive benefit packages that include health, dental, vision, 401(k), income protection, and extraordinary work-life benefits.

This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.

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