Staff Chaplain- Palliative Care
Where
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Edgewood, KY, United States
Salary Range (Annual Salary)
$45,000 - $72,092
Description
Job Summary:
This Staff Chaplain role provides expert spiritual care to Palliative Care patients and their families including spiritual assessment, interventions, monitoring of outcomes, and development of care plans for continuity of care. Serves as a fully integrated member of the Palliative Care inpatient team, conducting initial visits, follow-up visits, and goals of care/family meetings. Advocates for the spiritual dimension of wholistic care by attending daily rounds and weekly IDT meetings. Collaborates with hospital staff chaplains, community clergy, community resources, and hospice team members to ensure quality spiritual care across the continuum of care. The staff chaplain, through professional training, pastoral presence, organizational leadership, spiritual assessment, interventions, and outcomes, facilitates meaning-making in ways that are important to patients, families, and associates as they relate to their spiritual and emotional well-being. Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors, and associates regardless of spiritual or cultural background.
Job Description:
This Staff Chaplain role provides expert spiritual care to Palliative Care patients and their families including spiritual assessment, interventions, monitoring of outcomes, and development of care plans for continuity of care. Serves as a fully integrated member of the Palliative Care inpatient team, conducting initial visits, follow-up visits, and goals of care/family meetings. Advocates for the spiritual dimension of wholistic care by attending daily rounds and weekly IDT meetings. Collaborates with hospital staff chaplains, community clergy, community resources, and hospice team members to ensure quality spiritual care across the continuum of care. The staff chaplain, through professional training, pastoral presence, organizational leadership, spiritual assessment, interventions, and outcomes, facilitates meaning-making in ways that are important to patients, families, and associates as they relate to their spiritual and emotional well-being. Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors, and associates regardless of spiritual or cultural background.
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Attn: Austin Schafer
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 301-6259