Also called: Hospital Chaplain, Spiritual Care Provider
Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff of any faith or none.
Sits with a family in the ICU waiting room, prays with a patient before surgery, responds to every trauma and death in the hospital, and checks in on exhausted nurses.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 8 years after high school. Master of Divinity or equivalent plus clinical pastoral education (CPE) and board certification.
Ways in: Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Religious Studies, Theology, Psychology.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI may draft notes, but sitting with dying patients and grieving families and responding to every trauma is human presence.
Classes: Psychology, World religions, AP English, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-2011.
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