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Provide patient-centered, strength-based spiritual care and psychospiritual therapy to patients, families, and staff. Facilitate spiritual group therapy and perform clinical assessments to address spiritual distress and promote overall well-being.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in theology, spirituality, or a related clinical field along with completed CPE training. Hospital-based acute care experience and a commitment to CASC/ACSS certification are required.
Education
- postgraduate degree
- professional certificate
Working hours
40 hours per week
Skills
- Spiritual Care Assessment
- Psychospiritual Therapy
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
- Clinical Judgment
- End-of-life Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Patient-centered Care
- Group Therapy Facilitation
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Interpersonal Skills
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
Keywords
- Spiritual Health
- Clinical Pastoral Education
- CPE
- CASC
- ACSS
- Psychospiritual Therapy
- Acute Care
- Interfaith
- Holistic Care
- Existential Care
- Spiritual Assessment
- Healthcare
- Patient-centered Care
- Rehabilitation
- Allied Health
Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Working with families and staff you will support a dynamic interfaith community that embodies AHS’s family/patient first approach. The Spiritual Health Practitioner I (SHP) responds with compassion and inclusiveness to the spiritual health needs identified by families, patients and staff through a tailored approach to assessment and care. Reflecting a holistic, compassionate methodology to care, the Spiritual Health Practitioner advances an evidence based spiritual health care approach within the hospital. As such, you are skilled in providing existential, spiritual, and religious patient care across beliefs, cultural perspectives and practices. The successful incumbent will show proficiency in the following areas: Interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain collaborative working relationships with members of the interdisciplinary team. Self-direction and independent decision making. Sound clinical judgment and critical thinking skills; time management and prioritization skills, with a demonstrated ability to function effectively within a dynamic and challenging environment. Effective communication with a patient centered focus; and demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills.
Description:
As a Spiritual Health Practitioner, you will provide patient-centered, strength-based spiritual care to patients and their families. Your role involves responding to emotional and psychospiritual needs across diverse spiritual, existential and religious beliefs, cultural perspectives, and practices. You will employ a range of spiritual care interventions appropriate to the practice setting, including screening, assessments, spiritually integrated counselling, psychospiritual therapy, end-of-life spiritual care, religious and non-religious rituals, and professional consultations. In addition, you will facilitate spiritual group therapy sessions to address spiritual distress and promote spiritual well-being. You will also provide spiritual care to staff, physicians and volunteers, individually or in groups, to foster resilience and support overall well-being within the organization.
Classification: Spiritual Hlth Prac I Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Rehabilitation and Allied Health Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 29-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 10-JUL-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: Varies Shifts per cycle: Varies Shift Pattern: Days, On Call, Weekends Days Off: Other Minimum Salary: $42.14 Maximum Salary: $56.02 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Master¿s degree in theology and/or spirituality/religion or a clinically related field. 2nd Advanced Level, Clinical Psychospiritual Education.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Hospital based acute care experience required. Completed CPE training with CASC/ACSS and a commitment towards certification with CASC/ACSS.
Preferred Qualifications:
Completion of one advanced unit of CPE preferred. Hospital spiritual care experience preferred.
