Also called: Healthcare Chaplain, Spiritual Care Provider
Provides spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and staff of any faith (or none).
Gets paged to the ER when a family's teenager is brought in after a crash, sits with them, and prays if they want. Later visits patients in the cancer ward and leads a remembrance service for nurses.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 8 years after high school. MDiv or similar plus 4 units (1,600 hours) of Clinical Pastoral Education; board certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Divinity, Theology, Psychology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. Sitting with a family in the ER after a crash and praying with patients is human presence AI can't provide.
Classes: Psychology, Health, World religions or history.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-2011.
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