About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

 

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

 

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

 

Astria Health is seeking a Hospice Chaplain to join our team! 

 

What you get to do every day!

 

As the Hospice Chaplain, you will be responsible for providing compassionate, hospice and palliative care, providing spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff members of various faith backgrounds as well as to those who do not adhere to any particular faith tradition.  You will:

 

Full clinical member for the healthcare team, providing service for the pastoral/spiritual needs and education of patients, families, and team members. Oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of practices, policies and procedures for the hospice program in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. This includes the delivery of professional bereavement services through home visits, phone calls, mailings, referrals. Works collaboratively with the Volunteer program team to recruit, train and staff spiritual care volunteers. Coordinates on-call spiritual care resources using local clergy. Other duties as assigned Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries. Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.

Required Qualifications and Education.

Theological Education as appropriate for chaplaincy. One or more years of experience working in a spiritual healthcare role in a medical setting. Two or years of experience working with the terminally ill. Demonstrated interfaith knowledge and sensitivity to a wide range of spiritual practices and beliefs. Demonstrated experience facilitating bereavement support groups and individual grief counseling sessions. Oral and written fluency in the English language.

 

Preferred Qualifications and Education.

None

 

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.