Spiritual Care Practitioner
Core
Provides person-centred, holistic psychospiritual, emotional, existential, cultural, and religious care to patients, families, caregivers, and staff through serious illness, suffering, loss, and life transitions.
Role type
Clinical spiritual care practitioner (IC)
Builds
Therapeutic presence, supportive counselling, and individualized psychospiritual interventions
Domain
Healthcare (Hospice/Palliative Care)
Required skills
Psychospiritual assessment, therapeutic presence, supportive counselling, grief support, end-of-life care, interprofessional collaboration, documentation, cultural humility
Preferred skills
Medical Assistance in Dying support, ethics consultation, staff resilience support, reflective practice
Technologies
Electronic health record systems
Responsibilities
Completing psychospiritual assessments and providing therapeutic presence; supporting patients and families through end-of-life and bereavement; collaborating on rounds, ethics discussions, and care planning; supporting staff experiencing grief or moral distress; documenting care plans and interventions.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC