#516470 Pastoral Care Associate
Pastoral Care Department
Calvary Mater Newcastle
Multiple roles available
We are looking for compassionate, spiritual and professional persons to respond effectively to the diverse emotional, spiritual and religious needs of our patients, and their families.
- x1 Permanent Full-Time role
- x1 Permanent Part-Time role (24 hours per week)
- x1 Fixed-Term (8 months) Part-Time (16 hours per week)
- Salary Classification: Counsellor Level 1 Year 2 -2 Year 4.
- Remuneration: $37.06-$51.04 per hour excluding any applicable loadings, allowances and superannuation.
About the role
The Pastoral Care Associate will contribute to the provision of high-quality pastoral care for patients and their families. The Pastoral Care Associate will work alongside the Pastoral Care Team, visiting clergy and staff to ensure that the spiritual and emotional needs of patients and their families are met.
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Key Responsibilities
- Enact best practice in critical areas such as spiritual care, emotional support, grief and loss.
- Provide compassionate, sensitive and skilled pastoral care, in times of crisis, transition and at the end of life.
- Ensure accurate documentation for all interventions in accordance with professional standards and departmental policy.
What you bring
- Experience in hospital based Pastoral Care.
- Capacity to provide compassionate pastoral care in a diverse cultural and faith environment.
- Demonstrated communication, and interpersonal skills in crisis situations and ongoing pastoral relationships.
- Bachelor’s degree with qualifications in Spirituality/Theology/Pastoral Care and/or willingness to undertake same.
- Evidence of supervised training in providing spiritual care, the equivalent of one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education.
The Calvary Mater Newcastle is an Affiliated Health Organisation providing services to both public and private patients primarily from the Hunter New England area. Current employees of NSW Health can request to have various leave entitlement balances transferred to Calvary Mater Newcastle on commencement. Leave types may include but not limited to Long Service Leave, Annual Leave and Sick Leave. Applicants are encouraged to discuss this with the Convenor for further information.
For further information please contact Margot McCrindle, Pastoral Care Manager on (02) 40144 688 or [email protected]
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible hours that make sense for you.
- Training, development pathways and career opportunities.
- NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships.
- As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, WWCC checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role.
- You will be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role including COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis screening, hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, varicella.