Integrative Health Practitioner

Benedictine Health System is a Catholic, mission-based, non-profit health system headquartered in Minnesota, that provides independent living and complete long-term care services for aging adults, including assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation.

Job Description

• St. Gertrude’s Health & Rehabilitation Center in
• Shakopee, MN seeks an Integrative Health Practitioner. This position will be
• responsible for providing integrative health therapies to our residents and
• patients including aromatherapy, comfort massage, healing music, healing touch,
• reflexology and other whole person cares.
• Our facility is a 105 licensed skilled nursing facility and
• 40 apartments for assisted living. We are on a medical campus that includes a
• hospital, medical and specialty clinics. This position provides non-pharmaceutical
• cares and a healing environment for our residents and patients. Our Integrative Health Practitioner provides
• guidance, training and education to our staff in the various therapies.

Responsibilities

Include

• Provide integrative therapies to patients and
• residents
• Manage supplies and equipment for integrative
• health program
• Provide education, training and direction to
• direct care staff
• Document therapies according to facility
• processes
• Communicate with staff associate team members as
• appropriate in regards to care of resident or patient
• Part of interdisciplinary teams as needed

Qualifications

Preferred Experience

• Experience with elder/senior and post-acute populations
• Training in aromatherapy, massage, healing touch
• and other modalities leading to certifications
• Ability to work independently within a team environment
• Understand and sensitive to end of life issues
• and palliative care
• Ability to build trust and relationship with
• residents, families and staff

Additional Information

• This is a part time position with negotiable hours/days of
• the week.
• To apply or learn more about St. Gertrude’s visit our
• website www.stgertrudesshakopee.org

EOE/AA