Skip to main content

Open position

Start a new chapter in your career

Search Jobs Close

Search Jobs

Changing health care
to improve quality of
life for all.

Beth Israel Lahey Health’s roots in providing top-quality health care date back nearly a century. We're fully committed to ensuring our patients receive the care they deserve. As a leading healthcare provider throughout New England, we aim to change the current state of health care for the better and make lasting improvements that guarantee access to our services.

Bereavement Specialist

Exeter, New Hampshire

Organization Facility: Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home Category: Hospice & Palliative Care Job ID: JR67060 Date posted: 12/16/2024
Apply Now

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do:

The Bereavement Specialist provides emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual support to the families of hospice patients before and after the death of their loved one. Additionally, the Bereavement Specialist assists the bereaved in factors that may be impacting their ability to cope with the loss of a loved one.

More Specifically:

  • Provide bereavement education and counseling services for hospice patient/family members who request assistance or indicate need based on assessments.
  • Coordinate, manage, and deliver the hospice grief support program and ongoing grief groups.
  • Provide bereavement programming for the hospice program and community based bereavement education needs.
  • Assist in coordinating the hospice memorial services for patient’s families yearly on a yearly basis.
  • Maintain documentation in accordance with regulatory and licensure requirements for ongoing bereavement support of families for 13 months post death of patient.
  • Develop curriculum for grief groups and educational support groups.
  • Provide care and services consistent with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s standards of practice for bereavement programs.
  • Develop assessment tools to identify bereaved in accordance with regulatory requirements.
  • Train and support bereavement volunteers.
  • Work collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT), physicians, families, and the community emphasizing a teamwork environment.
  • Attend meetings and weekly IDT case conferences. 
  • Maintain open communication with the interdisciplinary team, and hospice leaders.
  • Utilize appropriate chain of command to collaboratively and proactively problem solve as needed.
  • Attend education when offered related to competencies or changes in processes.
  • Participate in Quality Improvement activities as requested.

What You’ll Need:

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field
  • Current Licensure in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as a Medical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor, as applicable.
  • Valid driver's license
  • 2-3 years’ experience working with grief and bereavement 
  • Experience in family and group modalities

What You’ll Get:

  • A highly competitive pay rate & benefits package, including generous PTO, 403(b), and tuition
  • A reasonable geographic territory with strong clinical support resources
  • A highly inclusive, diverse team that values the input of all staff to provide excellent patient care

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Apply Now

Featured Jobs

View All of Our Available Opportunities

See where you could be working

Why join Beth Israel Lahey Health?

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a difference and explore your potential, Beth Israel Lahey Health is the place you belong. Our system includes a network of hospitals, physician practices, outpatient centers, and other healthcare facilities and we offer a broad range of careers in direct patient care, environmental services, registration, finance and many other fields. We are focused on providing compassionate and personalized healthcare with a strong reputation for clinical excellence and research and offer diverse opportunities for career growth and development. Conveniently, we have many locations in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire.

At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we see you for all that you are – your experience and your dreams. Explore our open opportunities and find out why so many have already chosen to join our team.

View All Opportunities

Haven't found what you're looking for?
Sign up for our job alerts.

Join our Talent Community and be the first to know about our job openings.

Interested InSelect a job category from the list of options. Finally, click "Add" to create your job alert.

By submitting your information, you acknowledge that you have read our privacy policy and consent to receive email communications from Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Already a member?