Spiritual Health Practitioner

Job title: Spiritual Health Practitioner

Job description: Requisition ID: 347761

Position Number: 20009334

Posting End Date: November 8, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Health Sciences Centre

Department / Unit: Spiritual Health Services

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: MAHCP-SHEO-May

Anticipated Start Date: 11/13/2023

FTE: 0.80

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $30.478, $31.507, $32.695, $33.849, $35.090, $36.409, $37.706, $39.267, $40.707

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

Spirituality is a core dimension of our personhood. It is foundational in providing a framework for understanding human experience, including the health care journey. Spiritual health care practitioners are specially trained to be fluent in the language of suffering and vulnerability, death and dying, and of hope, compassion and resilience.

Spiritual health care practitioners are skilled in assessing the key role of spirituality, cultural and religious practices in wellness, human coping, resilience and recovery. The qualifications for a spiritual health practitioner include the following:

The incumbent is responsible for upholding dignity in person-centred care by seeking out, assessing and responding to the unique spiritual and religious needs of patients, families and staff in an open, compassionate and culturally safe manner; working as a member of the interprofessional health care team.

Demonstrates strengths as outlined in the Core Competencies for Spiritual Health Care Practitioners created by Manitoba’s Spiritual Health Care Partners (September 2017)

• Spiritual Health Assessments and Interventions
• Communication
• Collaboration and Partnerships
• Inclusivity, Diversity and Cultural Safety
• Personal, Spiritual and Professional Development
• Leadership
• Ethical Behaviour and Practice
• Research

Experience

• Previous experience in a related field an asset.
• Experience working in an interspiritual, multifaith and culturally diverse environment an asset.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from an accredited Canadian university or the approved equivalent, if internationally educated, is required. Course work must include psychology; sociology; philosophy/ethics; spirituality/religious studies; counseling; grief and loss; mental health & addictions and cultural safety. Master’s Degree related to spirituality and health is preferred.
• Supervised clinical experience in a healthcare environment (at least 2 units of CPE is required, Advanced CPE preferred). May consider a combination or accreditation of equivalent courses (Spiritual Diversity, spiritual direction, counseling, etc.).
• In the case of faith-based facilities, there may also be a requirement that religious and spiritual education and practice is consistent with their mission, vision and values, i.e. preference may be given to a candidate who is a graduate of affiliated faith-based university or seminary having achieved a Masters of Divinity or Theology.
• Additional training in: Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Safety, WRHA Health Ethics-Equity, Dignity Therapy, Advance Care Planning, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) conversations and palliative care an asset.
• Completes mandated education according to Shared Health policy.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Active member of a professional organization with a Code of Ethics.
• Maintains professional competence through a planned program of continuing education as specified by the professional association.
• This position is subject to a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search, Child Abuse Registry Check and an Adult Abuse Registry Check. Candidate is responsible for any service charges incurred.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Shared Health policy.
• At sites where staff is required to do on-call, staff must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a reliable motor vehicle.

Qualifications and Skills

• Strong and demonstrated skills in active listening, compassionate presence, cultural safety, grief work, end of life conversations, crisis care, counseling and organizational spiritual leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge, respect and ability to champion mission, vision & values of the organization.

Physical Requirements

• Good physical, mental and spiritual health to meet the demands of the job.
• Must be capable of walking/or navigating the full extent of the site.

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.

Interested candidates should select the “Apply” icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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