Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor

Overview

Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor
Location: Washington DC
Position: Full Time Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor
Remote/Virtual Position: No
Coverage Area: Washington DC

Find Your Passion and Purpose as a Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor at AccentCare

Salary: $60000 - $75000 / year
Schedule: Monday - Friday plus occasional on call

3 Units of CPE Required

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Offer Based on Years of Experience

What You Need to Know

Reimagine Your Career in Hospice

Caring for others is more than what you do - it's who you are. At AccentCare, you'll join a purpose-driven, collaborative culture that sets the standard for excellence and gives you the trust and tools to do your best work. You'll belong to a team that cares deeply for patients and each other; a team committed to consistently providing exceptional care. We're proud to be named one of America's Greatest Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek - a reflection of our shared commitment to excellence, integrity and compassion as we shape the future of aging in place. When you thrive, so does the community of care we're building together.

Be the Best Spiritual Counselor II You Can Be

If you meet these qualifications, we would love to meet you:

• Bachelor's degree, required, from an accredited college, university or divinity school
• Ordained, credentialed, or commissioned according to the practices of a legitimate and recognized religious organization or faith tradition
• Four Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) unit, from ACPE, required
• CPE equivalencies granted per established guidelines of individual professional organizations
• Previous hospice experience, preferred
• Minimum one-year supervised experience in medical, educational or religious agency or institution
• Two years full-time experience as a Healthcare Chaplain
• Qualifications for state-specific requirements above minimum education standards are as follows:
  
  • CT: Minimum three-years' experience providing pastoral or spiritual care

Responsibilities

As a Spiritual Counselor II, you will:

• Support families and communities through the anticipatory grief and post-death bereavement processes
• Complete the spiritual needs comprehensive assessment of a patient and family-of-choice for all patients admitted to hospice services
• Serve as liaison to the patient and family's community of faith
• Respond to patient and family needs
• Support patient and family's clergy, or other spiritual caregiver, as relates to the terminal illness of the patients
• Build relationships of care and concerns partnering with persons in their spiritual journey, empowering them to draw from their identified areas of strength and support

Qualifications

Come As You Are

• At AccentCare, you're part of a community that cares - for patients and each other. You can rest assured we offer equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age or disability.