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Hartford HealthCare at Home doesn’t just take great care of our patients; we take great care of our colleagues too! Our benefit options at Hartford HealthCare at Home are designed so you can care for yourself and your family, just as you care for others when you are here.

What our colleagues love about HHCAH:

•       Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleague AND dependents

•       Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans

•       Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on promoting mental health

•       Paid time off and health insurance packages

•       All clinicians are provided a cellphone and laptop

•       Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more!

Hartford HealthCare at Home, the largest provider of homecare services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more than 115 years.  Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our colleagues to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient.  As part of Hartford HealthCare, we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our client’s home.  Most importantly, our colleagues are appreciated for the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients and their clients’ families.

Job Summary:

Develops implements and coordinates the Pastoral and Bereavement Program Responsible for planning, organizing and directing Hospice Pastoral Program, Spiritual Volunteer program and Spiritual volunteer activities. Provides professional spiritual services in accordance with the needs of hospice patients, families, staff and volunteers

Job responsibilities:

Assesses, implements and supervises spiritual care in keeping with patient/family's Beliefs system

Develops individual spiritual care plans, which demonstrate an effort to work in close collaboration with local clergy

Provides support and resources to patient/family's spiritual counselors in the community

Provides religious/spiritual consultation to clients and staff and spiritual care to patient/family at the time of death or funeral

Collaborates with the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team in assessing and meeting patient/family's spiritual needs

Provides care consistent with the physician's plan of treatment and documents care in the clinical record

Designs bereavement programs and services

Consults with Hospice Interdisciplinary Team regarding the bereavement needs of grieving family members and significant others

Develops bereavement care plans for each client receiving bereavement volunteer services

Coordinates bereavement follow-up by volunteers and Interdisciplinary Team members

Trains and oversees volunteers in the areas of grief and bereavement

Maintains a system for the recording of bereavement activities in clients' records

Provides direct bereavement counseling to families

Coordinates bereavement volunteer activities with hospice volunteer activities

Develops educational programs for Interdisciplinary Team and family members on loss, grief and related topics

Counsels hospice staff who are grieving the loss of a patient

Oversees volunteer facilitators of bereavement groups

Plans, implements, and coordinates bereavement support groups to meet the needs of various client populations

Develops, coordinates and evaluates annual plan for Spiritual and Bereavement volunteer resources

Recruits, interviews, orients, trains, assigns and evaluates Spiritual and Bereavement volunteers

Supervises, instructs, and provides guidance to Spiritual and Bereavement volunteers in the performance of their duties

Establishes procedures in relation to Spiritual and Bereavement volunteer activities and area of responsibility

Develops and implements programs/in-services for Spiritual and Bereavement volunteer participation

Reviews/audits, compiles and maintains Spiritual and bereavement volunteer records which include training and service data for compliance with regulations

Schedules meetings with Spiritual and Bereavement volunteers to provide support; ensures effectiveness of service; identifies needs and gaps in service; acts as Spiritual and Bereavement volunteer liaison member of interdisciplinary team

The position involves other duties such as:

Networks with community bereavement services and develops and coordinates bereavement group events

Develops bereavement library resources

Adheres to the standards of the Agency's quality assurance program

Compiles required service and statistical records

Attendance at MSW facilitated hospice support group

Schedules meetings with Spiritual and Bereavement volunteers to provide support and ensures effectiveness of service; identifies needs and gaps in service; acts as volunteer liaison member of interdisciplinary team

Collaborates with community partners in recruitment, training and assignment of Spiritual and bereavement volunteers into those settings

Facilitates communications with Agency staff, Spiritual and bereavement volunteers and families

Educates the community about the Hospice and Spiritual/Bereavement Volunteer Programs; represents the Spiritual/Bereavement Volunteer Program at internal and external meetings

Collaborates with public affairs department regarding ongoing community relations programs

Will actively participate in the performance improvement process known as H3W.

Performs other duties as required

Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS

Education : Bachelor's degree with traini

Experience :One year experience in pastoral care, including experience in counseling the dying and the grieving