Job Description
Job Location: Flint Hospice - Flint, MI 48507
Position Type: Full Time
Job Category: ChaplainChaplain
Spiritual support. Compassionate presence.
Overview
The Hospice Chaplain provides spiritual and emotional support to hospice patients and families receiving care in home or facility settings.
Schedule & Coverage
• Standard operating hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
• Genesee County
• This position participates in a shared on-call rotation, including weekly on-call coverage and rotating weekends with other team members.
What We Offer
• Opportunity to provide meaningful spiritual care
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration
• Additional compensation for on-call participation
• Mission-driven hospice environment
Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with employer match at 100 percent on the first 3% and 50 percent on the next 2%
• Health Savings Account eligibility with employer contribution up to $500 for individual coverage and $1,000 for two-person or family coverage
• Company-paid Life and AD&D
• Voluntary disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity options
• Employee Assistance Program, WillPrep, and travel assistance resources
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Mileage reimbursement per company policy
Position Summary
This role addresses spiritual needs, provides emotional support, and participates in interdisciplinary care planning.
Key Responsibilities
• Conduct spiritual assessments
• Provide spiritual counseling and support
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings
• Support patients, families, and caregivers
Qualifications
- Help optimize the capital structure and support strategic initiatives.
- Maintains the agencys mission, philosophy, and core values.
- Ensures compliance with agency policies and procedures regarding operations/processes, including but not limited to those regarding patient care, patient complaints, incidents, safety, and emergency management.
- Always maintains patient confidentiality, including all HIPAA regulations.
Regulatory Requirements
- Must pass a criminal background check & MVR check.
- Completed health statements acknowledging the ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Valid state drivers license.
- Proof of current automobile insurance.
- Current CPR card; On-line CPR certification accepted; Hands-on CPR certification preferred.
- TB testing per agency policy; (1 or 2 step TB skin test within 12 months of hire & annual TB symptom screening thereafter).
Industry experience
- Experience in a Hospice setting preferred.
- Ability to work independently, make accurate, and at times, quick judgments. Ability to respond appropriately to crises outside of a hospital setting. Acceptance of and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural, and religious modes.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a chaplain/spiritual counselor, preferred.
- Active patient contact within the past three years is preferred.
EDUCATION:
- Graduate of an accredited seminary or school of theology or appropriate certification in a hospital or pastoral ministry.
- Certificate or degree in pastoral ministry.
