Spiritual Care Counselor, Hospice Home Care Job at VNS Health, Long Island City, NY

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  • VNS Health
  • Long Island City, NY

Job Description

Overview

Provides direct spiritual care services and counseling to hospice patients and their family members in collaboration with the inter-disciplinary group (IDG). Ensures that the spiritual care assists with the patients' self-determined life closure/safe, comfortable, and meaningful dying experience and family's effective grieving, in compliance with hospice standards. Works under clinical supervision.

Bilingual Skills Required:

Spanish

• Implements the Spiritual Care program in accordance with CMS Conditions of Participation.

• Assesses emotional spiritual, religious, existential status and care needs of patients and/or their family members utilizing professional skills and knowledge.

• Provides spiritual counseling and services, including crisis intervention, to meet the psycho-spiritual, religious and existential needs of patient/family in collaboration with the IDG in accordance with VNS Health policies/procedures, code of conduct and standards of practice for professional chaplains.

• Develops and updates the spiritual care component of the patient/family plan of care based on mutually acceptable goals.

• Utilizes appropriate spiritual/religious community resources and serves as a liaison between VNS Health and the community clergy directly involved with the patient/family.

• Documents spiritual care assessment, including signs of decline, interventions, and plans of care in EMR in collaboration with the IDG to ensure optimal quality care.

• Participates in the weekly IDG team meetings; develops and updates treatment plans and goals as needed. Coordinates effective approaches to develop patient and/or family care in collaboration with other team members.

• Acts as a resource to VNS Health staff for both clinical collaboration and/or interdisciplinary staff support.

• Assists interdisciplinary team members in understanding the significant psycho-spiritual, religious and existential factors related to the patient/family's quality of life and in developing support for patient/family with regard to spiritual care.

• Assumes responsibility for continued professional growth, including attendance of in-service programs.

• Provides on-call coverage as needed.

• Travels to patients' homes and/or facilities with varying environments (e.g. walk-ups, care facilities, single/multiple family homes, presence of pets, etc.) using approved transportation options to deliver direct spiritual care service to the patient/family.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications:
Valid driver's license may be required, as determined by operational/regional needs

Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Humanities or other related fields Required Master's Degree in Divinity or Theology preferred

Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Required Board Certified Chaplain preferred

Work Experience:
Minimum of one year of experience as a chaplain, preferably in a hospice setting required

Effective oral and interpersonal communication skills required

Proficiency in personal computer operations including MS Office applications required Bilingual skills may be required, as determined by operational needs

Spanish bilingual skills required


Pay Range

USD $62,400.00 - USD $72,000.00 /Yr.
About Us

VNS Health is one of the nation's largest nonprofit home and community-based health care organizations. Innovating in health care for more than 130 years, our commitment to health and well-being is what drives us - we help people live, age and heal where they feel most comfortable, in their own homes, connected to their family and community. On any given day, more than 10,000 VNS Health team members deliver compassionate care, unparalleled expertise and 24/7 solutions and resources to the more than 43,000 "neighbors" who look to us for care. Powered and informed by data analytics that are unmatched in the home and community-health industry, VNS Health offers a full range of health care services, solutions and health plans designed to simplify the health care experience and meet the diverse and complex needs of the communities and people we serve in New York and beyond.

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