POSITION PURPOSE

The Mission Integration Consultant supports the successful integration, assessment, and on-going development of Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Catholic identity in all ministry activities under the direction of the Mission Leader and in alignment with System-level Mission Integration strategies, including formation for colleagues, ethics, workplace spirituality, and internal and outreach projects/programs. In addition, the Mission Integration Consultant provides spiritual and social support to colleagues, patients/participants, families and visitors as appropriate.

The Mission Integration Consultant has a reporting relationship to the Mission Leader, as designated by the Mission Strategy Partner.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Core Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.

2. Assists the Mission Leader in facilitating the integration of Mission, Vision and Core Values in all entities and among all colleagues within the local ministry. Provides programming support related to ethics, formation, workplace spirituality. In cooperation with Spiritual Care services, provides spiritual and social support to the colleagues and visitors served.

3. Under the direction of the Mission Leader, implements and makes locally relevant system Mission strategies, policies, and standard practices in accordance with priorities identified at the System level.

4. May represent Mission Integration on interdisciplinary teams for planning and implementation of local ministry activities.

5. Ensures that standard Mission Integration policies and procedures are implemented locally.

6. Assists with orientating all newly hired colleagues through supporting, administering and facilitating foundational Mission and Core Values and other formation programs. Ensures continuing formation of local leaders and colleagues in the understanding and integration of Catholic identity and Trinity Health Mission, Vision and Core Values.

7. Collaborates with operational leaders to advise and influence an appropriate integration of the principles of Trinity Health's Mission, Vision and Core Values to the design and delivery of policy, services and programming throughout all levels of the organization.

8. Supports the development and implementation of metrics integral to the measurement of Mission activities. Tracks and measures Mission activities, service delivery and outcome measures of various programs and services.

9. Supports the implementation of all phases of Promoting Catholic Identity (PCI), a program to assess and deepen the organization’s Catholic identity.

10. Supports local ethics program as needed, including the possibility of ethics facilitation.

11. Collaborates with Spiritual Care in providing spiritual and social support to colleagues, patients/participants, families and visitors, as appropriate.

12. Supports local plans for workplace spirituality.

13. Participates as an active member of the Local Coordinating Council for Mission Integration and the Trinity Health Mission Council

14. Supports and contributes to local leadership teams as designated by the Mission Leader.

15. Reports to the Mission Leader and works collaboratively with the local leadership team.

16. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor’s degree in theology, pastoral ministry, religious education, ethics or health care related field required. Master’s degree strongly preferred.

2. Must possess knowledge of Catholic theology and ethics particularly as applied to Catholic health care. Must have experience in nurturing the Catholic identity of an organization through understanding and applying Catholic social teachings. Clinical practice or ministerial experience in health care preferred.

3. Must have proven successful program management and/or educational experience in an institutional setting. Must demonstrate skill and experience in program/project management and implementation, process improvement, and organizational/change management. Experience in health care setting preferred.

4. Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment including the ability to establish and maintain interdisciplinary relationships in a complex matrixed organization.

5. Must possess effective communications skills with the ability to relate well to individual persons and to make public presentations. Must have demonstrated listening skills. 

6. Must evidence a working knowledge of the connections among spirituality, meaning and work as well as an appreciation of the process of religious formation and a respect for diversity of religious beliefs and culture.

7. Must possess a personal presence characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the mission, vision and values of Trinity Health.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

1. Must be able to set and organize own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently. Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles. 

2. Must be able to travel to sites within a local area within Trinity Health (up to 75%).

3. Must comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this classification.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties so assigned.