Spiritual Care Program Manager

Job Description
Nemours is seeking a
Spiritual Care Program Manager
to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE.

The Program Manager supports operations of the spiritual care program, provides clinical spiritual care to patients and families, maintains the staffing resources to provide spiritual care services, oversees the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program including maintenance of standards for accreditation, and develops programs to assist patients, families, and staff.

Essential Functions

• Manage the daily operations of the Pastoral Care Services
• Maintain Pastoral Care Policies and Procedures in coordination with leadership.
• Provide spiritual comfort to clinical associates/providers, patients, and families by visiting patients on a regular basis offering pastoral counseling, religious rituals, and referrals to community religious resources as requested.
• Coordinate the CPE program and supervise CPE interns and residents.
• Maintains adherence to standards for accreditation of CPE program.
• Manage the fiscal resources in the department in coordination with leadership.
• Hold membership on the NCH Delaware Ethics Committee and participate in ethical consults as requested.
• Facilitate the health and function of Pastoral Care volunteer resources as well as the Pastoral Care Advisory Council alongside department staff.
• Arrange or provide regular ecumenical services in the chapel.
• Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee's supervisor.

Qualifications

• Masters level degree in Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, or other appropriate discipline required.
• A minimum of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education training in an accredited program is required.
• Certified by a National Pastoral Care Association required.
• CPE Educator or Educator in Training in the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) and Clinical Pastoral Education International (CPEI) required.

About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at .