Hospice Chaplain - Pensacola, United States - Peoples Hospice and Palliative Care

Description

Position Summary:

Provide a ministry of pastoral care and spiritual counseling to patients, families, and staff in hospice.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Provide immediate and long-term assessment of the spiritual situation and needs of the patient/family/caregiver.
2. On referral and at the chaplain's initiative, provide pastoral care.
3. For persons of other faith perspectives who wish ministry from within their faith, identify and make referrals to appropriate and available clergy or religious leaders in the community.
4. Provide support to hospice staff.
5. Coordinate patient care with other members of interdisciplinary team.
6. Participate in IDT meetings.
7. Participate in the assessment, education, and resolution of medical ethical issues in the hospice.
8. Develop the pastoral component in the interdisciplinary team.

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