PRN Hospice Chaplain-Lufkin

About Reliant at Home 

Reliant at Home is a multi-site, Texas only Home Health, Hospice, Caregivers, and Rehab company with 14 locations in Texas – including five Hospice locations (Fort Worth, Plano, Teague, The Woodlands, and San Antonio). The Reliant at Home Bluebird Promise is our commitment to live up to our higher calling by fulfilling our Values, Culture Priorities, and Service Pledge. Care is our higher calling. We believe care is more than the service we provide to patients who need help at home. It also means caring for our Reliant at Home family, the families and loved ones of the patients we serve, our referral partners and providers, and our local communities. Serving others is what we were meant to do.

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JOB SUMMARY:

 To provide spiritual and emotional support when needed to the Hospice patient/family and to members of the Hospice team.  To provide assistance at the time of the patient’s death and support of the family during the bereavement period.

Qualifications: 

Graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology or appropriate certification in hospital or pastoral ministry.

Certificate or degree in pastoral ministry.

Experience:    

Minimum 2 years of experience as a chaplain/spiritual counselor, preferred.  Active patient contact within past three years, preferred.

Essential Functions:

• Provide direct spiritual support and/or counsel to patients/families in keeping with patients’/families’ beliefs.
• Work with staff, clergy and community groups to enhance their sensitivity to the spiritual concerns of patients/families experiencing terminal illness and loss.
• Participate in IDG conference by exploring and assessing the potential spiritual needs of patients/families and reporting on services as indicated.
• Provide bereavement follow-up services as assigned.
• Maintain proper records of visits to patients/families.
• Make contact with clergy or appropriate representatives of patients/families as indicated.
• Perform occasional liturgical assignments, e.g., memorial services with staff.
• Conduct or make arrangements for funeral or memorial services with staff.
• Develop and maintain a resource group of clergy to whom specific aspects of spiritual care may be delegated.
• Arrange for on-call availability of spiritual services.
• Provide educational programs for community clergy, religious and lay representatives as resources allow.