Spiritual Health Practitioner, Lead

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $46.37/Hr. - CAD $66.66/Hr.

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Summary

The Spiritual Health Practitioner, Lead provides clinical, operational, and team leadership for Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care services within a person - and family - centred model of care. Reporting to the Director, Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care, the role supports the delivery of compassionate, culturally responsive, and spiritually inclusive care while advancing Providence Health Care’s Mission, Vision, Values, and strategic priorities.

• Provides leadership and coordination for Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care services, guiding practitioners, on-call resources, and designated staff to support consistent, high-quality person-centred care.
• Coordinates work activities, contributes to recruitment, conducts performance evaluations, and supports constructive resolution of workplace concerns.
• Leads program and service development in collaboration with the Director, including planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating departmental strategic directions, policies, procedures, and initiatives that strengthen the integration of spiritual health across the organization.
• Delivers comprehensive spiritual and emotional care to patients, residents, clients, families, and staff, including assessment of spiritual care needs, crisis support, and compassionate assistance during serious illness, loss, and end-of-life discussions in ways that respect individual beliefs, cultures, values, and traditions.
• Advances education, mentorship, and professional development by providing spiritual health education to staff, patients, residents, families, volunteers, and community partners, and by mentoring, supervising, and supporting Clinical Psychospiritual Education interns, residents, students, and other learners.
• Builds collaborative partnerships internally and within the community, working closely with interdisciplinary health-care teams, community clergy, faith and spiritual leaders, support groups, and other partners to enhance clinical care, education, research, family support, and staff development.
• Supports organizational responsiveness and continuity of spiritual care by mentoring community faith leaders and volunteers, participating in on-call and back-up on-call responsibilities as required, and responding to organizational emergencies while promoting a safe, respectful, inclusive, and civil environment for all.

What You Bring

Education, Training and Experience

• Master’s degree in health care, Theology, Public and Pastoral Leadership, Counseling, Spiritual Practices, or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• Completion of Clinical Psychospiritual Education (CPE), including an Advanced (Contextual) unit.
• Certification as a Spiritual Health Practitioner with CASC/ACSS is preferred.
• One (1) to three (3) years of experience in a leadership capacity.
• Maintains good standing in a spiritual, religious, or faith community affiliated with the individual’s chosen tradition

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to develop, manage, and evaluate programs, considering client needs, service delivery interrelationships, and service potential within a complex environment.
• Demonstrated effective leadership abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and negotiate to achieve effective resolution of contentious issues.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, including consultation, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and practices.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, presentation, and public speaking skills, with keen attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to foster effective working relationships that support professional practice and the ongoing development of staff.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships in a diverse setting.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team and interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to set priorities and effectively manage competing demands.
• Demonstrated ability to promote the development of research opportunities and support evidence-based practice within an interdisciplinary, team-based environment.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to health care settings and organizational culture.
• Demonstrated ability to provide crisis intervention as required, including responding to Code Blues and other critical incidents.
• Demonstrated ability to apply counselling theories, interventions, and intentional supportive approaches to support patients, residents, and their families, and to quickly identify the appropriate spiritual health practice to address expressed or unexpressed needs.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment and technologies, including computer applications, information technology, educational and visual technologies, electronic medical records such as Cerner, pagers, and other communication systems.
• Demonstrated ability to relate effectively to diverse patient populations and support all expressions of spirituality without imposing personal religious beliefs.
• Demonstrated ability to approach spiritual health issues in a person-centred manner with insight, discernment, and flexibility.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stressful situations effectively with sensitivity, compassion, gentleness, caring, and approachability.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary: The salary for this position ranges from CAD $46.37 to $66.66 per hour.
• Meaningful impact: Your leadership, compassion, and expertise will directly support the spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial well-being of patients, residents, families, and staff.
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at different stages of their careers and provide opportunities for ongoing professional development, leadership growth, education, mentorship, and learning.
• State-of-the-art facilities: Work within Providence Health Care’s integrated health-care environment, where spiritual health and pastoral care are valued as important components of person- and family-centred care.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the dignity, diversity, and interdependence of all people. We value the cultural, spiritual, and religious diversity of our workforce and the patients, residents, families, and communities we serve.

Your Day to Day:

• Provides leadership to designated Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care staff by setting priorities, managing workload, establishing performance expectations, and evaluating individual and team performance in collaboration with the Director.
• Designs, implements, monitors, and evaluates Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care programs and services, supporting the department’s strategic goals and Providence Health Care’s mission, vision, values, and commitment to wholistic care.
• Leads education, professional development, and evidence-based practice initiatives for staff, students, and spiritual health practitioners, while remaining current with CASC/ACSS educational standards and national curriculum developments.
• Collaborates with internal leaders, interdisciplinary teams, committees, community clergy, spiritual and cultural representatives, and volunteers to strengthen spiritual care services and support organizational priorities.
• Provides comprehensive spiritual and emotional care to patients, residents, families, and staff, including assessment, counselling, supportive presence, prayer, rituals, memorials, and support during anxiety, loss, death, crisis, and spiritual or existential distress.
• Supports departmental operations through budget monitoring, policy and procedure development, quality improvement, risk management, health and safety activities, communications, grant applications, reporting, and maintenance of spiritual care activity records.
• Mentors and supports students, staff, volunteers, and faith-specific visitors, and promotes awareness and respect for diverse spiritual, religious, and cultural beliefs and practices across the organization.
• Plans and participates in spiritual programs, worship services, memorial services, spirituality groups, educational activities, retreats, awareness events, and other department and facility-wide initiatives.
• Participates in research and knowledge-development opportunities and promotes the integration of research and evidence-informed practices within Spiritual Health and Pastoral Care.
• Participates in on-call and back-up on-call coverage and responds to organizational emergencies and crisis situations, including Code Orange and psychosocial disaster response, while providing spiritual health support in accordance with Catholic Healthcare principles and Health Ethics Guidelines

Who We Are: Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence has grown into globally renowned research, teaching, and care organization. As individuals within a mission-driven organization, we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organization’s long commitment to social justice and compassionate care, and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.