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, skilled 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.

📌 Grief Counsellor Transplant Unit Chennai
🏢 Apollo Hospitals
📍 Chennai