At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families, and staff in diverse settings.
- Company: Join Providence Health Care, a leading non-profit healthcare provider in BC.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, 4 weeks paid vacation, and a strong pension plan.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with growth opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on lives while supporting diverse spiritual needs.
- Qualifications: Master’s degree in relevant field and experience in spiritual care required.
The predicted salary is between 38.88 - 38.88 $ per hour.
Salary: The salary range for this position is CAD $38.88/Hr. - CAD $55.89/Hr.
Summary: Providence Health Care's Spiritual Health team is now accepting applications for Spiritual Health Practitioners to join their team. Reporting to the Director of Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care (SHPC), the Spiritual Health Practitioner works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary teams on assigned clinical units. The Practitioner’s role is to assess spiritual needs and provide comprehensive spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families and health care staff in a manner that is appropriate to belief systems and cultural diversity.
What You Bring:
- Education, Training and Experience: Master’s degree in Theology, Public and Pastoral Leadership, Spiritual Practices, or other relevant theological/spiritual studies from an accredited institution. Clinical Psychospiritual Education (CPE) with two advanced units. Preferably certified as a spiritual health practitioner with CASC/ACSS.
- Skills and Abilities: Demonstrated ability to engage counselling theories, interventions, and intentional supportive activities to support patients, residents, and their families. Ability to navigate electronic medical record (Cerner), pagers, and other communication channels. Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Demonstrated ability to support all expressions of spirituality without imposing personal religious beliefs.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary: $38.88 - $55.89 CAD per hour, depending on experience.
- Comprehensive benefits: Eligible employees receive a robust medical and dental benefits package, including 4 weeks paid vacation starting.
- Pension plan: Work towards a comfortable retirement through employer-matched contributions to one of Canada's strongest pension plans!
- Meaningful impact: Your dedication and expertise will directly impact the lives of patients, including many from marginalized communities.
- Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
- State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada.
- Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons.
Your Day to Day:
- Assesses and provides comprehensive spiritual and emotional support through counseling and supportive presence at times of anxiety, loss, death, and other spiritual and existential distress.
- Promotes the ongoing spiritual well-being of patients/residents through listening, prayer and group support.
- Attends and participates in program based care team meetings, rounds, huddles, case conferences, family meetings, ethics consults, and other meetings as required.
- Receives referrals from all disciplines and responds in a timely manner.
- Creates and implements follow up plans as required.
- Consistently documents in patient/resident medical records where spiritual assessments and significant interventions are recorded.
- Collaborates with spiritual/cultural representatives and clergy in the community.
- Provides spiritual and emotional support to staff during times of crisis.
- Maintains daily record of spiritual care activity offered to patients/residents and staff.
- Mentors and supports volunteer visitors who provide ministry to patients/residents.
- Plans and participates in facility-wide celebrations, such as Worship Services and Memorial Services.
- Encourages staff awareness of, and respect for, different expressions of spirituality.
- Participates in sharing on-call and/or back-up on-call duties, as required.
- Engages in research projects and opportunities both within and outside of the department.
Spiritual Health Practitioner employer: Providence Healthcare
At Providence Health Care, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve. Our inclusive culture fosters diversity and respect, while our commitment to professional development ensures that Spiritual Health Practitioners have ample opportunities for growth in a state-of-the-art facility set to redefine healthcare in British Columbia. With competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, joining our team means becoming part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to compassionate care.
