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Spiritual Care Counselor
Care Partners, a nonprofit Hospice & Palliative Care provider, is recruiting for a per diem Spiritual Care Counselor. This position will provide spiritual care services to patients and families/caregivers, either directly or through coordination of care with area clergy, spiritual care volunteers or other staff spiritual care counselors. This role will be part of a multi-disciplinary clinical care team and plays a key role in delivering spiritual and emotional support to patients and families and enhancing sensitivity and understanding for staff of spiritual concerns in our settings. Care Partners is a healthcare organization committed to honoring choice and dignity for patients at end-of-life while providing comprehensive patient and family care.
Your Responsibilities:
- Complete initial and ongoing Spiritual Assessment of patient/family/caregivers and assure appropriate spiritual and pastoral services are provided in a timely manner.
- Develop a plan of care addressing religious and spiritual care needs in collaboration with patient, family and other clergy, spiritual car counselors and volunteers implementing appropriate interventions or referrals.
- Provide direct spiritual care and emotional support to patients/family/caregivers, revising frequency of visits and resources utilized as indicated through care conferences and IDG.
- Complete documentation in patient records noting visits, contacts, plans, action, goals and changes using clearly stated notations as they occur.
- Provide appropriate support at time of death to patient/family/caregivers and other IDG members.
- Provide on-call support to patient and family when appropriate and in collaboration with colleagues.
- Ensure that the religious beliefs, practices, and values of those served are honored and respected within the total healing process.
- Complete annual mandatory training and participate in professional development opportunities.
- Assist in conducting bereavement and memorial services for staff, patient families and community partners as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality and compliance with HIPAA guidelines and foster an environment that encourages professionalism and discourages disrespectful behavior.
Qualifications: - Must be a graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology and hold a Masters' degree in Divinity or Theology or equivalent.
- Must have a minimum of two years of experience as a spiritual care provider in a clinical setting and five years total between clinical and experience in other worship settings.
- Experience in work with hospice patients and families, including knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care is preferred.
- One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from an accredited program is preferred.
- Board Certification through recognized certifying body or membership in a professional chaplain association is preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to demonstrate understanding and compassion when working with challenging patient and family situations and community partners is required.
- Must communicate effectively with children, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients and families based on principles of growth and development across the lifespan and work with high standards of ethics.
- Must be reliable and dependable in organizing and prioritizing work, completing work on time, following through to complete tasks, and be available for scheduled hours.
Schedule: This is a per diem position, with normal work hours falling between 8am - 5pm, Monday through Friday. On call, weekend or holiday coverage may be required. Schedule to be determined at time of hire.
*Preferred applicant will be asked to pass a background check and drug screen following a job offer.
At Care Partners, we prioritize competitive and appealing employee benefits. In fact, we offer them at the same premium levels to benefit eligible employees who have regularly scheduled hours of 20-40 each week. They include choices for medical, dental, vision, and 100% paid STD, LTD, AD&D and life insurance, and access to Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts. Our employees also receive mileage reimbursement, an annual professional development day stipend, 403b savings plan, a generous PTO program, and 7 paid holidays.
Care Partners has both a long history of providing customized hospice and palliative care, and a commitment to meeting the future serious illness care needs of greater Portland. We are engaging with all members of our community, beyond those on our service, with education, caregiver support and grief support.
Care Partners is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.