Emory Healthcare Spiritual Health Resident Fall 2026

Emory • Atlanta, GA

41d

About The Position

Join Emory Healthcare in a meaningful role where spiritual care, compassion, and clinical excellence come together as a Spiritual Health Resident supporting patients, families, and care teams. The one year Emory Healthcare Spiritual Health Residency is an ACPE-accredited clinical training program designed to prepare future professional chaplains through supervised spiritual care, reflective practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration within an academic healthcare setting. Our residency will consist of system-wide clinical assignments supporting multiple specialty areas at Emory University Hospital, Emory Midtown, Emory Decatur, Emory Long Term Acute Care, Emory Hillandale, Emory Johns Creek, Emory Winship Cancer Institute .

Requirements

• One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education in a program credentialed by ACPE.
• MDiv or other Master's degree in theology or minimum education needed for board eligibility by Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) or its strategic partners (NAJC, NACC, CASC/ACSS).

Nice To Haves

• Ordination, license or endorsement by an acknowledged ecclesiastical body or specialized spiritual/philosophical/religious group preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team in providing spiritual care to patients and families.
• Participates in continuous collaboration with educator, team members and other health care professionals to promote environment of care, healing and professional development.
• Learns by participating in reflection groups, individual consultation and didactics totaling at least 100 hours per unit.
• Is responsible for leading worship services as required at each site.
• Understands and complies with Spiritual Health and CPE policies, and applicable Emory Healthcare policies.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees