Pastoral Care Practitioner

**Job no**: 503559
**Work type**: Casual
**Location**: South Brisbane
**Categories**: Pastoral Care / Mission

**About the role**

Do you possess the unique blend of empathy, spirituality, and professional expertise needed to provide holistic care? Are you ready to make a profound difference in the lives of individuals from diverse backgrounds?

We currently have an opportunity for a **Pastoral Care Practitioner** to join our team on a **casual**basis. This role will be predominantly **South Brisbane** based with a focus on Mater Mothers’ Hospital. You may also work on other Mater Campuses depending on operational requirements.

Mater is a contemporary mission-based organisation founded and inspired by the Sisters of Mercy, with a compassionate spirit and a commitment to responding to unmet need. As Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit Catholic health care service we are seeking a Pastoral Care Practitioner to join our team of compassionate listeners who provide spiritual and emotional support to persons of various religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, life philosophies and faith traditions.

**Salary range: $39.86 - $60.43 per hour plus 12% superannuation plus 25% casual loading and**access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900** +**access to many staff benefits

**What you’ll be doing**
- Engage in pastoral care at the bedside, ministering with compassion and empathy, listening, caring and supporting in whichever way is most beneficial to patients and families.
- Facilitate small-medium size groups in areas such as: Meditation/Mindfulness sessions, debriefs, and staff well-being support activities.
- Pray with and for patients/families when appropriate or requested.
- Meet the pastoral/spiritual need of the patients and their families.
- Perform an advocacy role where necessary and appropriate.
- Occasionally maintain short-term follow-up when special needs of patients or families require this.
- Facilitate support for patients and staff by seeking to build good personal relationships with staff members.
- Participate regularly, with other members of the Health Care Team, in ward meetings or their equivalent as a means of maximising patient care.
- Accept referrals for any person who desires our assistance and, when appropriate, refer people to other care-givers within the hospital or in the wider community.
- To work with sensitivity to a multi-faith environment, engaging people where necessary.

**About you**

To be considered suitable for these roles:

- Hold an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in a Human Services related field such as: Counselling/Psychology/Social Work/Interfaith/Chaplaincy/Coaching
- Demonstrated experience facilitating small-medium size groups in areas such as: Meditation/Mindfulness sessions, debriefs, and staff well-being support activities.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience providing Pastoral Care and Spiritual support in clinical or equivelent environments.
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team.
- Have a grounded spirituality based on a regular practice.
- Engaged in a spiritual/faith/contemplative practice community.
- Ability to build rapport, trust, empathy, and foster strong relationships.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Respect and sensitivity to persons of various religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, life philosophies and faith traditions.
- Flexibility to work in various wards, and locations (South Brisbane, Redlands, and Springfield)
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and supervision and have a growth mindset.
- Unrestricted Driver's License
- Completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) qualification an advantage but not mandatory.
- Competent technology and computer skills - Outlook, MS Teams, MS Word, Excel

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. **#MAKEYOURMATERMOVE**
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

**Applications close on Tuesday the 19**th** of August 2025.**_Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW_

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