Per Diem Hospice Chaplain (Savannah, GA)

The role

The Per Diem Hospice Chaplain provides spiritual, emotional, and bereavement care to hospice patients and families in facilities and in-home settings. This person works as part of an interdisciplinary team to develop spiritual care plans and support staff.

What you will do

• Provides pastoral/spiritual care to patients and/or families.
• Visits and ministers with patients.
• Conducts spiritual assessments and develops care plans.
• Provides pastoral support at bedside, funerals, and memorials.
• Documents visits per Company and compliance policy.
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Organizes Company-sponsored memorial services.
• Provides emotional/spiritual support and encouragement to staff members.
• Participates in staff meetings, Interdisciplinary Team meetings and In-Services.
• Initiates and maintains communication with area inter-faith clergy.

Required qualifications

• Master’s of Divinity Degree or equivalent in an area of theological studies
• At least four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
• Board Certified as a Chaplain or eligible for Board Certification under the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) or the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP)
• Excellent communication and pastoral skills
• High degree of emotional energy and mental alertness
• Good organizational and decision-making skills
• Computer Literacy
• Ability to perform extensive and timely charting using the Company’s EMR System
• Minimum of two years of pastoral experience in a healthcare setting
• Ability to work with diverse ages, lifestyles, cultures, socio-economic and religious backgrounds, spiritual beliefs and values
• Professional knowledge and clinical ability to maintain relationships with healthcare team members
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and be held accountable

Nice to have

• Hospice experience
• Demonstrable empathy, compassion, sensitivity and ability to support patients/families of inter-faith traditions
• Ecclesiastical endorsement or Ordination in a Religious Setting

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Office Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• 401(k) with up to 3% company match
• Referral Program
• Payactiv: pay-on-demand

Before you apply

• Candidates must disclose any current or future need for employment-based immigration sponsorship before an offer of employment is extended.

About the company

Ennoble Care is a mobile primary care, palliative care, and hospice service provider. Clinicians go to the home of the patient to provide a continuum of care for those with chronic conditions and limited mobility.