HOSPICE CHAPLAIN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Plymouth, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provides care and counseling including spiritual counseling, crisis ministry, bio-ethics counseling, bereavement pastoral counseling and sacramental ministry.
- Completes psycho spiritual assessment of patient and family.
- Develops psycho spiritual treatment plan with patient, family and hospice interdisciplinary team.
- Assures continuity and accessibility of familiar religious resources and traditional practices to patients and their families.
- Consults with other disciplines and staff on psycho spiritual factors of hospice care.
- Acts as liaison and consultant to area community clergy.
- Provides educational programs for community clergy, community providers and hospice staff.
- Coordinates memorial services sponsored by hospice as directed by the Coordinator of Pastoral Care
- Provides support to hospice staff
- Participates in the Agency Quality Assurance Program.
- Assumes administrative on-call responsibility as needed
- Master of Divinity, Master of Theology or Masters in Pastoral Counseling
- Minimum of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.), two basic, two advanced or equivalent training through an accredited pastoral counseling program.
- Comprehensive knowledge of hospice counseling practice
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
- Demonstrated leadership and customer service approach in a hospice or related setting