Job Description

Your Opportunity:
The Royal Alexandra Hospital is located in downtown Edmonton and is a fast-paced acute care urban hospital providing care to patients from a variety of backgrounds, diagnoses and experiences. The Chaplain - Spiritual Health Practitioner (SCP) is accountable for providing, consultation, expertise, and direct service delivery in all matters related to spiritual health care in the context of health and care. The RAH Spiritual care health team reports to the Allied Health manager and consists of a small group of dedicated and caring individuals providing front line care to patients, families and staff. The SCP advances an evidence based spiritual health care approach inclusive of patients/families, staff, physicians, and volunteers which is integrated into interprofessional collaborative team practice. Given the variety of spiritual, religious, cultural, and philosophical beliefs that co-exist, the SCP encourages respect for individual patient beliefs within the health care team and also facilitates and supports the involvement of religious community visitors (rcvs). As a health care professional, the SCP is skilled in providing existential, spiritual, and religious patient care across beliefs, cultural perspectives, and practices and is therefore distinguished from religious community visitors whose patient care is circumscribed by the perspectives and practices of particular religious/spiritual communities. The Spiritual Health Practitioner contributes to caring for the soul of the organization/site, facilitating integration of a holistic approach to supporting the wellbeing of patients, families, and staff.
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Classification:

Chaplain

Union:

Exempt

Unit and Program:

RAH Spiritual care

Primary Location:

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Location Details:

As Per Location

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

18-JUL-2025

Date Available:

28-JUL-2025

Temporary End Date:

30-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$30.90

Maximum Salary:

$53.08

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Masters in Theology and/or Spirituality/Religion or a clinically related field with confirmation of educational equivalency obtained from the Academic Assessment Committee of the national professional association, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels, (CASC/ACSS). 2nd Advanced Level, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) with commitment toward certification as a spiritual care practitioner, (CASC) within three years. Current Membership or Associate Membership of CASC/ACSS. Certificates - Complete as per requirements of service area: minimum of CPR and BLS. Minimum of two to five years relevant experience. Knowledge of and skills to address the needs of people encountering crisis, disability, loss, bereavement and end of life care. Engages in self-reflective practice, and assesses the impact of one's own spirituality, beliefs, values, assumptions, and power dynamics in relationship with clients. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: ability to collaborate respectfully and work effectively with various spiritual, religious, cultural groups, and all levels of staff. Ability to foster interdisciplinary capacity for spiritual screening and work in a manner to promote a holistic perspective to care.

Additional Required Qualifications:

CASC Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner; certification equivalency; or eligibility for certification. Broad understanding of AHS and health care issues and site(s)' patient service delivery models and systems. Enhanced professional leadership skills to foster interdisciplinary capacity for spiritual screening, history taking, and spiritual care support. Working knowledge of MS Office, Outlook, and Internet. Appropriate training in provision of ethic consults. The ability to work on call evenings, nights and weekends as part of a rotation across both the Royal Alexandra hospital and the University of Alberta Hospital. Proactive in developing and implementing effective strategies to resolve issues and problems, creating safe space, and building bridges. Proven ability to respect the privacy of others and in accordance with Health Information Act (HIA), Freedom of Information and Privacy (FOIP) and other privacy legislation in effect the incumbent shall comply at all times with AHS's Information Privacy and Information Security policies. Demonstrate skills in reflective and collaborative practice, active listening, negotiation, advocacy, and conflict resolution. Demonstrate knowledge of community resources and ability to establish external partnerships. Critical thinking and application of principles of evidence based practice. develop and maintain personal and professional growth, awareness and self-understanding.

Preferred Qualifications:

As Required.