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Sanford Health is seeking a CPE Certified Educator to lead clinical pastoral education programs under ACPE standards and supervise CPE students within a large health system.
The role includes accreditation maintenance, student education, and coordinating interdisciplinary spiritual care with staff chaplains, plus recruiting and curriculum development for internships and supervision.
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.
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Summary Conduct Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) programs under the standards of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).
Job Description The CPE Certified Educator programs under the standards of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).
Three main functions of the CPE Certified Educator are maintaining accreditation and standards of the ACPE, education and supervision of CPE students and supporting an interdisciplinary approach to the provision of spiritual care.
Our accreditation standards are held by reviewing, updating, and developing CPE program policies per Sanford Health, updating student handbooks, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all Center Accreditation materials, preparing for ACPE accreditation reviews along with facilitating CPE Professional Advisory Group meetings to inform members of educational activities and receiving suggestions for maintaining standards of excellence in the program.
The CPE Certified Educator will educate and supervise the CPE students.
This position will be responsible for recruiting, interviewing, and selecting candidates for CPE internships and supervisory education in accordance with the admission requirements along with providing direct clinical supervision of students including the development of student-centered learning curriculum.
Mentorship and educating students in the certified educator candidate program will be required along with the coordination of student spiritual support with staff chaplains by managing the student's self-directed learning in group settings.
The CPE Certified Educator will also facilitate student orientation and training according to Sanford Health, Spiritual Care Department and ACPE.
While focusing on accreditation and education, the CPE Certified Educator will provide feedback and recognition along with timely and preemptive corrective intervention as needed.
The CPE Certified Educator will be required to participate in various team meetings, interdisciplinary team rounds, and participates in professional leadership development; including areas related to chaplaincy and CPE professional organizations along with initiating own professional continued education while maintaining certification within ACPE.
Qualifications Master’s level theological degree from an accredited seminary. Must have a theological, spiritual and psychological understanding of spiritual and human dynamics; meaning making, and existential distress, and knowledge of rituals. One to two years of experience providing spiritual care in an acute care or health care setting is required. Certified Educator certification required. National faculty preferred. Must maintain certification as a CPE Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Ordination, endorsement or commissioned by faith tradition/denomination/church authority.
Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains or certification eligible required; must obtain certification within two years of hire.
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
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The Sanford organization owns and manages multiple distinct brands, including Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic, and Good Samaritan, as well as Lewis Drug, Sanford Health Equip, Solutions by Sanford, Great Shots, and Blue Rock Bar & Grill.
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
Good Samaritan, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services, is committed to transforming the aging experience through innovation, compassion and personalized care. As part of Sanford Health, an integrated nonprofit health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Good Samaritan serves 10,000 seniors and offers access to a full continuum of care, including 94 rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, 56 assisted living and memory care facilities, 44 independent living locations and 37 home health and hospice agencies. The senior care provider delivers services across the upper Midwest, with 70% of residents living in rural communities. Learn more about Good Samaritan’s mission and commitment to delivering high quality senior care in rural America at good-sam.com.