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HOSPICE CHAPLAIN

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Category: Spiritual Services Job ID: JR49014 Date posted: 04/09/2024
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When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

32

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

32hpw; Day Shift; Monday- Friday

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • 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

It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Education/Experience Required

  • 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

Registration/Certification: N/A

Physical/Environmental Requirements

Majority of work is done while sitting with intermittent standing and walking and occasional bending, lifting, pushing and pulling.  Handling light materials.  Requires sustained visual attention and concentration.  Physical effort required to lift, carry, push and pull light to heavy equipment, objects or supplies.  Physical strength to transfer patients weighing as much as 100 to 250 lbs.

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

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.

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