Hospice Bereavement Coordinator - Louisiana

Empyrean Hospice
Louisiana, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 3/22/2024 CLOSED ON 3/23/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Bereavement Coordinator - Louisiana position at Empyrean Hospice?

Empyrean Hospice hires Bereavement Coordinators to plan, implement, and maintain a bereavement program to meet the needs of families/caregivers from Empyrean Hospice following the death of the individual hospice patient.

Salary or hourly rate listed is the base for this role; increase commensurate with experience.

Position Overview – Bereavement Coordinator:

  • Represent Empyrean Hospice with the utmost professionalism and compassion
  • Coordinates the assessment and delivery of grief counseling needs and services (one-to-one, groups, and ongoing follow-up) to ensure timely and appropriate services are provided to family/caregivers
  • Plans for Bereavement Program development, expansion, and refinement
  • Provides bereavement support to hospice personnel coping with work related grief through one-to-one counseling, supervision of interns providing one-to-one counseling, and referral to community resources
  • Provides bereavement information and referral services to the community; maintains community resource list
  • Ensure standards of ethical business and clinical practice are prioritized


Who is Empyrean Hospice?

With Empyrean Hospice, we are family. We are committed to caring for people at end of life with the same level of dedication and compassion we would choose for our own loved ones. Our core values are the foundation for our dedication to integrity and clinical excellence.

Empyrean is a national company with community heart. We provide resources and leadership to support our care teams across the country so they can focus on the quality-of-life care and clinical excellence for the patients and families we serve. Our culture fosters a focus on our care delivery with work-life balance and support for our team members through manageable caseloads and professional growth supported by a team of expert leaders.

Empyrean offers ongoing professional education opportunities, manageable caseloads, and a benefits package for eligible employees.

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits include paid time off (PTO), dental, health, life, and vision insurance, an employee assistance program, and professional development assistance
  • Mileage reimbursement plan
  • Opportunities for professional growth and advancement


Position Qualifications

  • Professionalism, compassion, empathy, and a desire to help others
  • Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision, yet also as member of a complete interdisciplinary care team
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent theological degree from college or university
  • Experience with families/caregivers and patients through death/dying issues

OR

Master's degree in social work with qualifications of experienced clinical grief counseling.

  • Minimum of one year experience in health care, hospice experience preferred. Understands hospice philosophy, and issues of death/dying
  • Knowledge and commitment to hospice philosophy
  • Understanding of grief response and experience with counseling individuals and/or in groups regarding loss
  • Demonstrate good verbal and written communication, and organization skills
  • Must possess a willingness to maintain comprehensive working knowledge regarding information systems and applicable software programs

Empyrean Hospice is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or veteran status.

Candidates for employment with Empyrean understand that Empyrean expressly does not want employees to use, and employee's responsibilities and duties with Empyrean will not require or involve, any trade secrets or other confidential information secrets that employee may have obtained from former employers or any other third party. Further, Empyrean expects and facilitates disclosure of, and compliance with, any obligations with any prior employers or other third parties that may legally apply to an employee.

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