Clergy, seminarians, members of religious orders, and lay persons are eligible to apply for this 400-hour clinical education experience. It occurs in the context of the following:
Students may arrange academic credit with the seminary or graduate school of their choice.
If you take CPE at an Allina Health CPE Center site, you will be engaged in meaningful, challenging ministry as part of a strong Spiritual Care Department and an interdisciplinary model of health care. Interns function with a high degree of autonomy and accountability and have the support to take risks and make mistakes as part of their learning process. The following are the clinical sites and assignment opportunities:
The largest hospital in the Twin Cities, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, near downtown Minneapolis, is recognized nationally and locally for its exceptional expertise and care. Each year, the hospital serves more than 200,000 patients and their families from across the Twin Cities and Upper Midwest.
Clinical opportunities for interns include:
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, MN), nationally recognized for clinical excellence and compassionate care, is a 271-bed, non-profit hospital serving the northwestern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
Clinical opportunities for interns include:
St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee, MN) has been distinguished as one of the best community hospitals in the nation. It emphasizes individual dignity in the healing of body, mind, and spirit in responding to the needs of community members.
Clinical opportunities for interns include:
United Hospital (St. Paul, MN) is the largest hospital in the Twin Cities east metro area and provides a full range of health care and is recognized nationally and locally for its expertise and care. United Hospital serves more than 200,000 patients and their families each year.
The Allina CPE Center and Allina Hospice are pleased to share information about an upcoming Clinical Pastoral Education unit in our hospice setting from May 20- August 9. The time commitment is approximately 40 hrs/week, with a little flexibility built-in for some weeks of fewer hours.
This internship offers specialized training in end-of-life spiritual care, emphasizing an experience-reflection model of learning. This invites an effective spiritual care practice that is congruent with who you are as a person and with your theology.
Allina Hospice is the largest hospice provider in the region, and is renowned for our quality of care, from the admission process through the 13 months of bereavement follow-up. Interns will provide spiritual care at our residential hospice facility in Brooklyn Park and as a member of an interdisciplinary team serving in the community.
Driving is a significant part of the work, as is detailed charting in the electronic medical record. Applicants should be comfortable with technology and driving in unfamiliar territory.
Preference is given to students who have completed a prior unit of CPE and/or those with significant pastoral experience, though all applications will be considered.
Applications can be found at on allinahealth.org at Clinical-Pastoral-Education-Center/To-apply/
Please send completed applications as soon as possible to the Allina CPE Center at AllinaCPECenter@allina.com. For questions specific to this CPE unit, please call or email Jeanine Dorfman at 612-262-7230 or Jeanine.Dorfman@allina.com
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