Spiritual Care Counselor

Why You'll Love Being a Spiritual Care Counselor I at AccentCare

Do you take great pride in achieving the best possible outcomes for patients? Are you passionate about providing exceptional care? Join the AccentCare team today as a Spiritual Care Counselor I.

As a Spiritual Care Counselor I, you will have the ability to work at the top of your licensure while working one-on-one with your clients to provide them with customized care. Under the guidance of your physician, you will develop plans of care and utilize nursing theories, skills, and techniques to provide quality care to your clients on a daily basis.

When you join AccentCare, you become part of a team that is not only dedicated to their patients, but to each other as well. Here, you will truly make a difference each and every day as you work alongside a supportive team. With a competitive benefits package, work-life balance, professional development, and an outstanding work environment, you will have everything you need to achieve success in your career. Bring your passion for patient care and you will build a career you love as a Spiritual Care Counselor I.

Join the AccentCare team and apply for this Spiritual Care Counselor I opportunity today!

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Spiritual Care Counselor I Responsibilities:

• Support families and communities through the anticipatory grief and post-death bereavement processes. Complete the spiritual needs comprehensive assessment of a patient and family-of-choice for all patients admitted to hospice services. Serve as liaison to the patient and family's community of faith
• Respond to patient and family needs: Support patient and family's clergy, or other spiritual caregiver, as relates to the terminal illness of the patients. Build relationships of care and concerns partnering with persons in their spiritual journey, empowering them to draw from their identified arears of strength and support
• Provide patients, families, and caregivers with: An affirming presence, non-judgmental listening, advocacy, and focused discussions of spiritual issues and possible resolutions. Spiritual support and counseling. Education about hospice, spiritual care, death and dying, grief and bereavement, living in the face of death, and other related topics to community groups (civic and religious)
• If patient and family have no religious affiliation, provide spiritual support and services in accordance with the wishes and beliefs of the patient and family. Document the provision of spiritual care appropriately. Serve as an active member of the interdisciplinary care team providing appropriate support to staff. Participate in and review the plan of care for patients and their families
• Network with clergy, faith leaders, spiritual care providers and the lay community to provide information about hospice. Engage above as partners in the care of patients and families. Participate in developing and enhancing the spiritual and religious support services provided by the organization in collaboration with community clergy, faith leaders, spiritual care providers, laity, and other members of the hospice interdisciplinary team
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on the end of life and safely hold these conversations in an atmosphere of care, sensitivity and support. Support the bereavement program at the program site level, including, but not limited to: Completing bereavement calls and visits to offer counseling and support. Facilitating bereavement support groups in the community, including an annual memorial service. Participating in monthly bereavement committee meetings. Keep the bereavement binder up to date (including meeting minutes, sign-in sheets, workshops, etc.)

Spiritual Care Counselor I Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, required, from an accredited college, university or divinity school. Ordained, credentialed, or commissioned according to the practices of a legitimate and recognized religious organization or faith tradition.
• Three Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) unit, from ACPE, required; CPE equivalencies granted per established guidelines of individual professional organizations
• Previous hospice experience, preferred; Minimum one-year supervised experience in medical, educational, or religious agency or institution
• Ability to provide an inter-faith approach to spiritual care, demonstrating a high level of cultural and theological competence in working with divers fail and belief systems
• Qualifications for state-specific requirements above minimum education standards
• Must have reliable automobile, valid driver's license, and the minimum state required liability auto insurance