Grief Counsellor - Transplant Unit

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** - Provide **grief and bereavement counselling** to patients, donors, recipients, and their families within the Transplant Unit. - Support families coping with **loss, death, uncertainty, anxiety, and emotional distress** during the transplant journey. - Provide psychosocial and emotional support to **transplant recipients and living donors** before and after transplantation. - Offer sensitive counselling and emotional support to **families of deceased donors**, where applicable. - Assess patients and families for **grief-related, emotional, and psychosocial concerns** and provide appropriate counselling interventions. - Identify individuals requiring specialized psychological or psychiatric support and **facilitate timely referrals**. - Conduct individual and family counselling sessions and provide **follow-up support** as required. - Educate patients and families about the **grieving process, coping strategies, emotional wellbeing, and available support systems**. - Maintain accurate, confidential, and timely **counselling records and documentation** in accordance with hospital protocols. - Work closely with **transplant physicians, transplant coordinators, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and other multidisciplinary team members**. - Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and contribute relevant **psychosocial and counselling-related observations**. - Handle emotionally sensitive conversations with **empathy, patience, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity**. - Maintain strict **confidentiality, professional boundaries, and ethical standards** while interacting with patients and families. - Conduct or support **grief support groups, awareness programmes, and psychosocial support activities** as required. - **Qualification & Experience:** Bachelors/Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or a related field, with a **recognized Grief Counselling/Bereavement Counselling certification** and **1–2 years of relevant work experience**, preferably in a hospital, transplant, palliative care, oncology, critical care, hospice, or bereavement-care setting.