Pastoral Care Worker

3 weeks ago


Brighton, Australia Epworth Healthcare Full time

Exciting part-time, multi-site role (2 days per week / 0.2 FTE)

Great opportunity to utilise your emotional, social and spiritual support skills in a recovery based environment

Fantastic salary packaging benefits available

The Role
In this part-time role, based across our sites at Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond and Brighton, you will be responsible for the spiritual, emotional and religious well-being of inpatients of the hospitals. You will be part of the Pastoral Care and wider Clinical Services team and report to the Director of Clinical Services.

**You will make an impact by**:
Ensuring the religious, emotional and religious needs of hospitals inpatients are met

Provide extra support for vulnerable, isolated or long-stay patients of the hospitals

Provide education, support, training, de-briefing for staff as required as part of their patient care

Communicate and advocate effectively for your patients to nursing, medical and allied health teams

To be successful in this role
You will need to be able to work both independently to manage a caseload; as well as work effectively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. You will need to be able to work across several different clinical areas - each with differing Pastoral Care requirements and time demands. You will need to be a natural 'people person' and communicate effectively with patients as well as nursing, medical and allied health staff. Due to the sometimes challenging nature of our patients circumstances; compassion, empathy and personal resilience are a must in this role.

You will have

Relevant Tertiary qualification in theology, pastoral counselling, social sciences or equivalent

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Good time management skills

Flexible approach to service delivery based on the needs of the patients

High levels of compassion and empathy for patients experiencing challenging mental and physical issues

Previous experience working in a health care facility

At Epworth, everybody matters.
It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:
Salary packaging benefits of $15,900 p.a plus $2,650 meals and entertainment allowance.

Flexible work arrangements

Zero or reduced out-of-pocket expenses for health services at Epworth

Discounted private health insurance

About Rehabilitation & Mental Health
Epworth’s Rehabilitation and Mental Health services are some of the most progressive of their kind in Australia. Our clinical approach involves individualised treatment and collaborative team decision-making to achieve outstanding outcomes for patients. We have forged a strong team ethos across our four campuses in Richmond, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Brighton.

At Epworth, we care.
We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities

Sound interesting? To apply, click the APPLY button now and attach your CV and cover letter.

For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact Rennie Fotopoulos on (03) 9415 5727.

As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all - across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.

Contact Person

Rennie Fotopoulos

Contact Number

0419847409

Closing Date

07/03/2023



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