Full-Time

Chaplain - Hospice

Hospice Care

Posted on 10/1/2025

Mission Healthcare

Mission Healthcare

501-1,000 employees

Delivers home health, home care, hospice.

Compensation Overview

$37 - $40/hr

Palm Desert, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid position, specific in-office days not mentioned.

Category
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1)
Requirements
  • Master of Divinity or equivalent theological degree from an accredited institution.
  • Ordination or endorsement from a recognized religious body.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and counseling skills.
  • Ability to work with individuals from diverse religious, cultural, and spiritual backgrounds.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable, insured transportation.
Responsibilities
  • Provide spiritual and emotional support to hospice patients and their families.
  • Conduct regular visits with patients, family members, and caregivers to assess spiritual needs.
  • Offer prayer, counseling, and support based on the individual needs of patients and families.
  • Develop and implement individualized spiritual care plans.
  • Support interdisciplinary team members by offering spiritual insight into patient care.
  • Conduct memorial services, grief support groups, and other services as needed.
  • Respect and honor diverse cultural, spiritual, and religious practices and traditions.
  • Collaborate with social workers, nurses, physicians, and other care team members to ensure holistic care.
  • Provide bereavement support to family’s post-death, including follow-up calls and visits.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of spiritual care interactions and outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience in hospice, hospital, or pastoral care settings preferred.

Mission Healthcare provides home-based healthcare services, including home health, home care, and hospice care, through a network of eight operating companies. Care is delivered at the patient’s home by a coordinated team of clinicians and caregivers, funded by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers, with some direct payments for non-covered services. The company differentiates itself by offering an integrated suite of in-home services across multiple companies, backed by payer and hospital partnerships to coordinate care. Its goal is to deliver high-quality, patient-centered, coordinated home-based care that improves outcomes and supports families.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Diego, California

Founded

2009

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Charles McDonough's 2023 home health presidency boosts operational expertise.
  • Vistria Group backing fuels regional expansion in aging population markets.
  • Phil Spencer's CEO appointment in 2023 stabilizes leadership for growth.

What critics are saying

  • Paul VerHoeve's 2023 exit disrupts strategy; Spencer's inexperience causes missteps.
  • Optum's 2024 Amedisys buy captures Medicare referrals, squeezes 5,000 patients.
  • 2025 CMS hospice cuts slash reimbursements 5-10%; clinician shortages cripple capacity.

What makes Mission Healthcare unique

  • Mission Healthcare spans home health, hospice across seven states: California to Idaho.
  • Clinician-founded in 2009, delivers personalized care via eight operating companies.
  • Journey Care Program integrates advanced tech for patient-centric home outcomes.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

PR Newswire
Jan 18th, 2024
Medalogix Announces Release Of Pulse Referrals & Admissions Modules Backed By Generative Ai

Pulse modernizes admissions workflows with proprietary documentation improvement solutionNASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medalogix, the leading data science and clinical decision support company specializing in the advancement of patient care in home health, hospice, and strategic payor initiatives in the home, today announced an expansion of Pulse to support complete clinical episode management by adding intelligence to admission workflows."We have developed a solution leveraging generative AI that empowers home health providers." Post this Medalogix Pulse is expanding its home health platform solution with the release of Pulse Referrals & Admissions modules backed by generative AI.Using HIPAA-compliant generative AI capabilities, Pulse Referrals & Admissions reviews referral packets, the initial comprehensive and OASIS assessments, clinical notes, and other relevant information to extract critical patient information. Medalogix consolidates all information into a single-page view, highlighting valuable information or discrepancies among the documents while providing users quick access to source justification to empower informed decisions regarding the accuracy of their OASIS assessment as well as coding, including both primary and secondary diagnosis."Our data shows providers have inaccurate diagnoses, missing co-morbidities or OASIS inaccuracies," said Elliott Wood, CEO of Medalogix. This is an issue that has long plagued healthcare and fueled the focus on clinical documentation improvement (CDI), with providers having specialists either in-house or through outsourced relationships. "Building on our experience at Medalogix, we have developed a solution leveraging generative AI that empowers home health providers with Intelligent Clinical Documentation Improvement (ICDI)," said Wood. "Improving what is documented on patients at the beginning of the episode can have a cascading effect, impacting patient experience, staff satisfaction, and more appropriate plans of care relative to patient history and condition."Recent industry articles and reports have highlighted the challenges associated with referrals and admission rates in Home Health

Home Health Care News
Jun 12th, 2023
Mission Healthcare Appoints Next CEO, Home Health President; Right at Home Names New COO

After the news that Paul VerHoeve would be stepping down as CEO, Mission Healthcare has named Phil Spencer as his replacement.

Home Health Care News
Jun 5th, 2023
Mission Healthcare CEO Paul VerHoeve Steps Down

Paul VerHoeve is stepping down as the CEO of Mission Healthcare.

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