Spiritual Care Director

Summary

Summary of Position

The Spiritual Care Director plays an integral role in the success of our team and community; creating a place our residents are proud to call home. You will be responsible for providing unparalleled service to our residents.

The Spiritual Care Director provides compassionate and holistic spiritual care for our residents. The Spiritual Care Director creates and hosts programs of a spiritual and religious nature to support the individual needs of each resident of faith or otherwise. Your goal is to help each resident have the best day they can possibly have, every day.

Essential Job Functions

Connect, establish, and maintain relationships with residents in support of their spiritual lives.

Responsible for conducting and documenting timely spiritual assessments on residents as appropriate.

Initiate spiritual care plan as needed and document progress in the electronic health record.'

Organize worship services, life celebrations and religious holiday programs in creative and ecumenical ways.

Create, and set up spiritual care programs, and communicate scheduled times with Life Enrichment for inclusion in monthly calendar.

Connect, establish, and maintain relationships with local spiritual organizations, and their corresponding leaders.

Recruit and support volunteers who host spiritual care programs with recommended content and needed materials.

Performs other job related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge and Critical Skills

Be able to make independent decisions and follow instructions.

Communicate in English with team members, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the public.

Capable of working with and around ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people within the facility.

Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, residents, and families.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree and Graduate Level Theological Degree (or equivalent) preferred.

Two or more years of experience in chaplaincy, pastoral care, spiritual direction or counseling setting.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Prefer previous work experience with the aging population.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have any direct reports or supervisory requirements.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Tasks assigned to this position may involve potential and/or direct exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardous chemicals.

Physical Requirements - The Physical activities of this position involve:

- Moves material’s weighing up to 50 pounds (i.e. wheelchair)

- Stationary position - Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods (50% of the time)

- Alternating between standing and sitting

Cognitive Requirements - The Cognitive activities with or without prosthetics of this position are:

- Executes tasks independently

Environmental Requirements - An individual in this position may be exposed to:

- Outside environmental conditions

- Bloodborne pathogens

- Infectious diseases

Other Requirements -

- Travel off site 10% of the time

Platinum Service®

Platinum Service® is characterized by a high level of responsiveness delivered in a flawless, timely and caring way. Employees commit to providing courteous, responsive, and quality service to our residents by following the principles of our Platinum Service® program.

Conclusion

All employees are expected to follow all policies and procedures. These policies and procedures can be found in the employee handbook, department policy and procedure manuals and with your supervisor. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Acknowledgement

I understand this job description and its requirements, and that I am expected to complete all duties as assigned. I understand the job functions may be altered from time to time.

By signing below, I acknowledge I am able to perform the essential functions of this job with or without a reasonable accommodation. If I require a reasonable accommodation, I will inform the recruiter/hiring manager, my manager, or Human Resources and agree to participate in the interactive process to discuss possible accommodations.

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