Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

This position is located in Vail, Colorado.

Vail Health has become the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system. Vail Health, a nonprofit community health care system, consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital plus several other access points including:  This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients.  In addition to the hospital located centrally in Vail, we have several other access points including Colorado Mountain Medical, Beaver Creek Medical Center, urgent care clinics in Vail, Dillon, Avon and Eagle, Edwards medical campus, Eagle Healthcare Center and a multi specialty clinic in Frisco. Howard Head Sports Medicine offers physical therapy services at 10 locations and works closely with our internationally renowned orthopedic partners at The Steadman Clinic and Vail-Summit Orthopedics & Neurosurgery. In addition, Vail Health's Shaw Cancer Center and Sonnenalp Breast Center are the region’s only fully accredited cancer treatment center and comprehensive breast center.  Vail Health is also leading the way in serving our community's behavioral health needs with outpatient behavioral health services at the Edwards Community Health Campus, and the Precourt Healing Center, a 28-bed in-patient behavioral health facility, opening in 2025.

• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team providing spiritual care to patients and families in medical specialties where chronic illness and pain are evident such as Winship Cancer, Palliative Care, Staff Support, Critical Care and Brain Health.
• Participates in research agenda.
• Participates in continuous collaboration with educators, team members and other health care professionals to promote environment of care, healing and professional development.
• CCSH Fellows are expected to engage in the learning and practice of CBCT, develop a personalized certification pathway, and to learn and implement the CCSH interventional approach through individual study, clinical practice and group work.
• Understands and complies with Spiritual Health policies, and applicable Emory Healthcare and Emory University policies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Theology or Divinity.
• Four units of education in program credentialed by ACPE.
• Affiliation with ecclesiastical body preferred but not required.
• For majority, the goal would be to become a registered CCSH interventionist through Spiritual Health at Emory Healthcare and Emory's collaboration with the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory, not through ACPE.
• This is a time limited position for two years.

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