Ahava Hospice

Hospice Chaplain

Ahava Hospice is growing and looking for a Chaplain to join our teams’ mission and believe in our core values! Our mission: To show unconditional love through purposeful actions, providing wholehearted, individualized care to those in their end of life journey.

Our Core Values... 

L - Luminous care for patients and their families

O - Offering comfort and support during difficult times

V - Valuing every life with dignity and respect

E - Empathetic professionals providing person centered services 

Quarterly Pay Increase: All full-time Care Team Member will receive quarterly increases

Discounts/perks, Insured for Life, and Free Telehealth Services!!!

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

• Assures spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers in the hospice program and appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner.

• Facilitates the development of the individualized the plan of care by participating in the comprehensive assessment to meet identified spiritual needs.

• Provides direct spiritual care to patients and families/caregivers.

• Serves as liaison and support to community chaplains and spiritual counselors.

• Maintains records of spiritual care services utilization and related activities for quality assurance, program development, and policies and procedures review and revision.

•  Documents direct services and ongoing communication with community chaplains and spiritual counselors.

• Attends patient care conference and interdisciplinary group meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary group.

• Provides consultation, education, and support to the interdisciplinary group on spiritual care.

•  Recruits community chaplains, spiritual counselors, and spiritual care volunteers adequate to meet patient and family/caregiver needs by developing community contacts and offering education through congregations about hospice care.

• Provides for funeral or memorial services for patients as requested.

• Plans periodic memorial services to meet the needs of personnel, volunteers, and community clergy/spiritual counselors working with the hospice team.

• Assists in supervision of spiritual care volunteers when assigned to patients/ families/caregivers.

• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

• Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Graduate of accredited seminary or school of theology (BD, MDiv. or equivalent theological degree). Experience working with death and dying, individuals/family/caregiver

• Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group.

• Comfort in an interfaith setting.

• Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.

• Ability to network with community clergy and congregations.

• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care.

• If making home visits, must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

• Hospice/experience preferred.

This is how we create a culture to lead with LOVE. Join our Ahava Hospice team!

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