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Careers in Catholic Health Care Mission

CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTRY
Vocation, Career, Calling.

ROLE

Mission leaders are women and men; lay, religious and ordained; individuals with management, pastoral experience, clinical experience or experience in social service or other healing ministries. Some have recently earned graduate degrees in divinity or theology; some are embarking on a second career in health care after working in nursing, social work or business management. All come steeped in a deep understanding of Catholic social teaching and tradition and the desire to help those working in Catholic health care to integrate the mission and values of the organization into

every interaction with patients, families, caregivers, coworkers and the community at large.

Mission leaders perform a wide range of responsibilities within health care organizations, yet primary duties include the following:

  • Participate as a regular member of executive management team.
  • Community involvement activities and strategic planning of community benefit.
  • Consultation on church relationships.
  • Ethics education.
  • Leadership development and formation.
  • Organizational assessment and development.

  • Worship, ritual and retreat experiences.

EDUCATION

Graduate degree in theology, scripture, spirituality, ethics, or the equivalent. (This may include a need to learn the business and operations sides of Catholic health care)

OR

Combination of degree and experience in healthcare business/operations, with theological, spiritual, and ethics formation through certificate and degree programs designed for second careers, or the equivalent.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Mission leaders are talented, faithful and competent executives skilled in leading organizations through strategic direction and dynamic collaboration. In addition to organizational management competencies, they exercise a working knowledge of:

  • Catholic Identity
  • Strategy
  • Operations
  • Formation
  • Spirituality
  • Organizational and clinical ethics.
  • Advocacy
  • The Church’s social justice tradition.
  • The plurality of religions that will be encountered and served through our institutions, or at least an acquaintance with them.

There is no typical path into mission leadership. In fact, few come to this ministry with all the core competencies identified for the role and are willing to continue ongoing personal formation and education toward their development.