Pastoral Carer

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Mercy Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 19362

ABOUT THE ROLE:
Be part of a dynamic team to provide spiritual care at Mercy Hospital for Women, a richly diverse Catholic public health service.
Permanent part time and casual employment available.
Active engagement in providing emotional and spiritual care in a culturally diverse, women's health care service

Providing Pastoral/Spiritual Care you will:
Be flexible, adaptable, with well-developed interpersonal skills.
Have strong communication skills to engage patients and families
Be able to assess, triage and respond to diverse pastoral, spiritual and religious needs.
Need to be flexible in providing pastoral care within different clinical settings
Be competent to provide pastoral care to bereaved families, including creation and undertaking rituals when needed.
Engage with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide holistic care and making referrals as needed.
Work with innovation, change and quality improvement initiatives.

ABOUT YOU:
Completed at least two units of Clinical Pastoral Education or equivalent supervised pastoral/spiritual care training.
Completed a Bachelor of Theology or relevant graduate qualifications and eligible for membership of Spiritual Care Australia.
Willingness to develop spiritual care practices to ensure holistic care of patients and families within this diverse clinical setting.
Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills to work within a pastoral care team and a multi-disciplinary team.
Evidence of commitment to ongoing professional development and spiritual growth as a pastoral carer

ABOUT US:
Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women's health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

WHAT WE OFFER:
Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:
caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect
taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable
offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process please contact us on the details below.

Contact Details
Mary Klasen, Pastoral Care Manager
Mobile: 0434 896 642