Spiritual Health Practitioner

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.
Position attends and participates in program based care team meetings and collaborates with spiritual/cultural representatives and clergy in the community. Provides spiritual and emotional support to staff during times of crisis, mentors and supports volunteer visitors who provide ministry to patients/residents and provides support as a preceptor to Clinical Psychospiritual Education students. Supports patients, residents and their families who are considering, or who are engaged in, end of life conversations.

Participates in sharing on-call and/or back-up on-call duties, as required, and is available to respond to organizational emergencies.
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, and the ability to quickly identify the appropriate spiritual health practice in order to meet expressed or unexpressed needs.
Demonstrated ability to engage in crisis intervention as required, such as attending Code Blues or other critical incidents.
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.
Demonstrated ability to approach spiritual health issues in a person-centered manner with insight, discernment and flexibility.
Demonstrated ability to effectively handle stressful situations with sensitivity, compassion, gentleness, caring and approachability.
Demonstrated ability to work in accordance with Providence Health Care’s Mission, Vision and Values.
Demonstrated ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Ability to work flexible hours.
Ability to organize and prioritize work and activities.
Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

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, helping contribute to the public healthcare system we're privileged to have here in BC.
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, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the…