Senior Pastoral Carer

at  Mercy Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Mercy Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 21772

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.

This Senior Pastoral Care role provides clinical leadership for the team practising spiritual care. The position requires leadership of spiritual care provision in a healthcare context - that is -able to function as a Senior Practitioner. This role reports to the Pastoral Care Manager, Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd. You will be part of a dynamic team in a tertiary healthcare context with a diverse patient population, to ensure holistic care.

• Part Time, Permanent, .8EFT/ 60.5 hours/fortnight
• Provides clinical leadership and expertise in the provision of spiritual care at Mercy Hospital for Women
• Skilled and flexible in responding to complex patient situations, including loss and bereavement
• Strong emphasis on leading and conducting quality activities in a tertiary healthcare context
• Facilitation of supervision, clinical education and support of the Pastoral Care team
• Collaborative engagement with Pastoral Care Manager and the interdisciplinary team, to ensure best practice in spiritual care

About the department - The Mercy Hospital for Women Pastoral Care service ensures holistic care by collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to address the spiritual dimension of patient care. The Senior Pastoral Carer leads a small team of clinicians to respond to the diverse pastoral and spiritual needs of patients and families within a complex tertiary health context.