Chaplain-Hospice

Sutter VNA & Hospice, one of the largest, not-for-profit home health and hospice agencies in Northern California enables patients to recover or live with illness in the comfort and dignity of their own homes, surrounded by the people and things they love. Sutter VNA & Hospice also provides service in the complementary areas of Sutter Home Infusion and Pharmacy (SIPS) and Home Medical Equipment (Timberlake). Providing a full spectrum of home based health services enables us to coordinate care across the Sutter Health and community networks. Sutter VNA & Hospice is proudly not-for-profit. Unlike for-profit home care and hospice agencies, we do not report to shareholders. Instead, all of our revenue is used to provide patient care and to support our policy to provide care regardless of a patient's financial circumstances.Sutter VNA & Hospice is committed to being the “employer of choice” through competitive wages and benefits, flexible schedules, new technologies including laptop computerized charting, tuition reimbursement, and more!The Chaplain provides direct pastoral care, such as spiritual assessment, crisis intervention, counseling and linkage with spiritual resources, to Hospice patients and their families. The Chaplain also provides consultation and training on spiritual aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary hospice team. Serves as a liaison to the community.Education:AA degree or equivalent experience required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.  Ministerial education for ordination; continuing ecclesiastical endorsement; four units of Clinical Pastoral Education; or equivalent combination of experience and education. Experience:Experience in parish setting or equivalent.  Active membership in a pastoral care professional organization.  Healthcare experience preferred.Knowledge: Must have the ability to function independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team; ability to exercise independent, sound judgment in planning and providing patient care.  Knowledge of state and federal home care regulatory guidelines preferred.  Knowledge and understanding of human behavior and communication and the influence of cultural and spiritual values in providing spiritual care. Knowledge and skills necessary to provide spiritual care appropriate to the age-specific needs of neonates, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Knowledge of individual and family development over the lifespan.  Ability to gather and assess data reflective of the patient and family’s developmental stage including end of life issues. Special Skills/Equipment: Self-starter with a high degree of initiative, motivation, flexibility, energy and creativity.  Ability to form harmonious working relationships with internal and external customers.  Demonstrated leadership and negotiation skills and the ability to manage resources for patient care in a cost-effective manner.  Excellent collaborative and problem solving skills with customers and management.  Ability to exercise independent sound judgment in planning and providing patient care.  Demonstrated ability in physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills and in implementing plan of treatment. Excellent organizational skills.  Access to a reliable motor vehicle to travel to patient sites. Physical and Mental Requirements: Essential job duties and physical demands include and are not limited to: Must be able to remain sedentary for approximately 80% of the day, maneuver around objects, climb stairs and/or work in relatively small spaces, bend over or stretch as necessary, operate telephone and manipulate small clerical items (e.g. paperclips, staples, etc.). Must be able to hear, read, write and speak clearly to effectively communicate with department staff, other employees and community, and carryout essential functions.  Must be able to perform long periods of computer data entry with sitting and keyboard use.  Must be able to follow oral and written instructions.  Must be able to handle sensitive issues, conflict with or among others, respectively direct and reinforce staff efforts; effectively plan and organize and prioritize work, and to effectively solve unique problems as they arise or identify when to consult supervisor.  Must be able to deal with a challenging work environment from time demands and conflicting priorities.  Maintain a positive and professional image and demonstrate self-directed learning to meet professional development and/or license requirements. At orientation and annually thereafter, must be able to meet core competencies for position and area of specialty, as appropriate.