Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator

Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator

Visiting Nurse Association- Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator - Bereavement Services- Full Time

Manchester, New Hampshire

Job ID: JR13621

Category: Clerical Administrative Support

Who We Are:

The VNA HOSPICE team is an interdisciplinary group that works collaboratively to ensure our patients have dignity joy and comfort as they move toward the end of their lives. We support and educate patients, families, and caregivers throughout this journey. After death we provide ongoing support to those left behind, through our community bereavement program.

About the Job

As a member of the Interdisciplinary Team, the Spiritual Bereavement Coordinator is responsible for the bereavement and spiritual care of all patients, families/friends, staff, and volunteers, regardless of their faith or beliefs. They seek to support others in their search for faith, meaning and hope, and to provide an informed ethical, theological, spiritual, and pastoral resource for individuals and the hospice team. They support and promote the growth of hospice services.

What You’ll Do

• Assesses, plan, implements, and documents spiritual and bereavement care to patients and families. Provides clinical notes/documentation care plans for each patient/family visit or contact.
• Provides spiritual and bereavement care as a member of the hospice team to hospice patients and caregivers. Assesses, plans, implements, and documents spiritual and bereavement care to patients and families. Provides clinical notes/documentation care plans for each patient/family visit or contact.
• Provides an assessment to identify the spiritual/religious needs of patient/caregiver unit and the bereavement needs of the surviving caregivers.
• Provides, coordinates, and supervises the provision of spiritual care services to patient/caregivers in the home setting and coordinates spiritual care in the inpatient setting with the patient/family’s local clergy and hospital pastoral care staff.
• Interviews, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers for spiritual care and bereavement volunteer programs in cooperation with the Coordinator of Volunteer Services.
• Ensures that Hospice’s policies and procedures include appropriate discussion of spiritual and bereavement concerns and develops new policies and procedures if appropriate.
• Provides appropriate workshops on bereavement and spirituality to volunteers who provide these services. This should include areas in which volunteers have expressed a particular interest or concern and should be offered at least twice a year.
• Coordinates communication with caregivers through bereavement assessments/visits, phone calls and letters for a minimum of one year and provides documentation of the contact.
• Spiritual and bereavement to communicate up until the 13th month following death. Plans, coordinates, and oversees Grief Recovery Support Groups for adults.
• Promotes hospice growth through the development of relationships with clergy and nursing facility staff and prepares community events.

Who You Are:

• Education: A relevant graduate degree in Thanatology, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Theology, Divinity, Philosophy, or other related field required.
• Experience: A minimum of two (2) years of experience in spiritual counseling and coordination of grief/bereavement work. A minimum of two (2) units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Knowledge/course work in comparative religion. Ordained or otherwise credentialed.
• Certification/Licensure: May be Board certified in Chaplain or Palliative Care

Why You’ll Love Us:

• Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees

• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage

• Competitive pay

• Tuition Reimbursement

• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

• And more!

• Work Schedule: 8 am-430pm

• Elliot Health System is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Career Development

• The Elliot is committed to working with you to develop a rewarding career path that provides many opportunities for learning and growth.

• Benefits

• As an employee at Elliot Health System you are a valued member of a team that makes a higher level of care happen every day. We believe that you deserve the most affordable and comprehensive benefits we can provide. Please view our comprehensive list of benefits below.

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