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JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Ensures that spiritual care is provided to patients, families, and staff for an assigned entity and develops outreach programs to surrounding communities to improve spiritual health within those communities.
• Supports the mission and integration of ethical values in patient care.
• Serves as a Senior Spiritual Health Clinician for an assigned unit within Emory Healthcare and is responsible for monitoring, staffing, and controlling the comprehensive and integrated resources for spiritual care for a hospital or clinic.
• Guarantees delivery of spiritual care in an empathic manner ensuring appropriate spiritual care to patients, families, and staff in the assigned entity.
• Serves as counselor for staff spiritual health issues within an assigned hospital.
• Collaborates with departmental and institutional leadership and the system-wide department of Emory Spiritual Health to develop and create spiritual health opportunities in communities supported by the assigned entity.
• Ensures compliance with Emory Healthcare and ACPE, Inc. standards.
• Assures that new permanent staff hires, residents, fellows and interns are properly oriented to the opportunities within the environment of care.
• Demonstrates and encourages appropriate mentoring and advising relationships.
• Provides leadership with relevant data supporting staff performance and progress towards key initiatives, plans, and community outreach goals, as appropriate.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.
• Reports directly to the Director of Spiritual Health at the operating unit of the appointment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master's degree in divinity or equivalent.
• Three (3) years of experience in clinical healthcare with demonstrated completion of training and competence.
• Certification by one or more certifying agencies (APC/BCCI, NAJC, NACC, ACPE) and ordination or endorsement by an acknowledged ecclesiastical body.
• This manager level position requires significant health care experience in the appropriate clinical corresponding area or education management preparation.
• Certified at ACPE CEC Phase 2 or ACPE Educator or CCSH Registered Clinician and academic medical center experience preferred.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).

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