Chaplain - PRN Varies - Hospice Palliative Care

pDHR Health  -  US:TX:Edinburg - Varies/ppSummary:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS­/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/b/p ullispan style="font-size:11pt"Graduate of an accredited seminary; or school of theology; or successfully completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), or equivalent clinical training and experience; or endorsed by and is in good standing with a denomination or a faith group that ordained and recognized the chaplain./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Valid and current Driver’s License required /span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Valid and current proof of Auto Insurance required. /span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Demonstrate ability to relate effectively with physicians, health care professionals, patients/families, the community, and members of the hospice interdisciplinary team./span/li/ul p/p pbuspan style="font-size:11pt"JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE­/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/b/p ullispan style="font-size:11pt"Documented experience working with patients/families dealing with life limiting illnesses and death./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Hospice or Home Health experience preferred.b/b/span/li/ulpResponsibilities:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:/span/u/b/p ulli style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Explore spiritual resources for facing illness and death; discern spiritual gifts of love, hope, peace, acceptance, faith /span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Build a relationship of trust and support, enable life review, and assess spiritual need and visitation/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Explore conflict issues to include guilt, fear, grief, anger, reconciliation/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide ministry of presence through visits, relevant readings, prayer, and guided imagery as requested/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide sacraments and rituals as requested, contact facility clergy as requested, contact faith community as requested/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Encourage spiritual and emotional expression; affirm client’s beliefs, values, culture, and heritage/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Assess special needs related to cultural diversity including communication role of family members and special traditions/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Assist client and caregiver and planning funeral or memorial service if requested /span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Develop an individualized spiritual plan of care in coordination with other efforts of the team /span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"In conjunction with the IDT, evaluate the patient’s/family response to care/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Work with other professionals to assist in resolving spiritual /ethical issues./span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Document spiritual assessment and counseling in the clinical and progress notes according to policy and procedure/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide support and ensure availability to families during the bereavement period as needed/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Participate in required in-services/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide bereavement support to staff as needed/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Maintain current level of skills and evidence of competency/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Participate in orientation and training of staff and volunteers regarding role of Chaplain as requested/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Adhere to all Confidentiality policies and procedures and maintain confidentiality of administrative information/span/lili style="color:black"span style="font-size:11pt"Perform other reasonable duties as assigned/span/li/ulpOther information:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black"LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black": /span/b /ppspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black"(Chain-of-command)/span /pp1. uspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Administrator amp; Director of Nursing /span/uspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black" → 2.u Vice President of Clinical Supportive Medicine/u /span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"CUSTOMER SERVICE: /span/u/b /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service./span /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span/u/b /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black"AGE SPECIFIC/span/u/buspan style="font-size:11pt;color:black":/span/u /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age. /span /pp /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA)/span/u/bspan style="font-size:11pt": /span /pp /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"A. buEssential Duties/u/b: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria./span /pp /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position: /span/b /pp style="text-align:justify" /ptable border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"tbodytrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. /span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Kneeling/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs./span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Walking/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs./span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Standing/Squatting/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Straight pulling/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Sitting/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Pulling hand over hand/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Pushing/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Repeated bending/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Stooping/Bending/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Reaching above shoulder/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Climbing Stairs/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Simple grasping/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Climbing Ladders/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"No/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Dual simultaneous grasping/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Depth Perceptions needed/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Ability to see/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Identify Colors/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Operating office equipment/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Twisting/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Operating mechanical equipment/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Crawling/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"No/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Ability to read and write/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Ability to Count/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Ability to hear verbal communication without aid/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Operating Personal Vehicle/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Other: Ability to deal with stress/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"Yes/span /p/td/trtrtd width="254" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"OSHA Category/span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"III/span /p/tdtd width="227" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span /p/tdtd width="85" valign="top" p· span style="font-size:11pt;color:black" /span /p/td/tr/tbody/table p style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt" /span /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"B. buWorking Conditions/u:/b The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents. /span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"C. buOccupational Exposure:/u /bThis position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way. /span /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt" /span /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"D. buAptitudes/u: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW/b/span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Intelligence:/span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. b3/b /span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Verbal: /span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. b3/b/span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Numerical:/span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. b2/b/span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Spatial: /span/bspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. b2/b/span /pp style="text-align:justify" /pp style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Form Perception:/span/bspan styl