Roseville, CA30+ days ago
Provides patient, loved ones, and staff counseling services by: applying diverse spiritual care assessment models to evaluate spiritual needs, issues, and concerns and recommend appropriate spiritual counseling services and/or care interventions; leveraging crisis intervention methods and techniques to help patients, loved ones, and staff experiencing a crisis event or emotional, spiritual, and/or existential distress; helping to triage existential and spiritual counseling and creating appropriate care plans while demonstrating sensitivity, respect, and compassion; providing during and after end-of-life support and counseling to patients, loved ones, and staff, including grief counseling and support group services; and documenting spiritual assessments and interventions in the patient care record and following established charting methodologies in accordance with policies and procedures. Job Summary: In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this role is also responsible for identifying patients for whom palliative care is appropriate; providing debriefs and explanations of diagnoses and prognoses to patients, their families and loved ones, and staff; collaborating with a patient care team to plan for and discuss existential implications of goals of care; regularly engaging with the interdisciplinary team and seeking opportunities to educate them on the role of a chaplain within the team; identifying areas of improvement for palliative care-focused quality improvement projects and implementing changes; leading collaborations with the interdisciplinary care team to integrate spiritual screenings, patient histories, and assessments into scope of practice; and researching and developing self-care activities for the interdisciplinary team.