• Employment Type: Permanent part-time
  
• Hours: 30 weekly hours
  
• Salary: $42.33 (depending on qualification)
  
• Location: Mercy Place Yarrawonga
  
• Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
  
• Contact: Faye Audino, Service Manager, [email protected] using the subject line: Pastoral Carer - Yarrawonga enquiry via EthicalJobs.
  
• All applications are to be submitted through the job advertisement, no application will be accepted via email.

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

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 10,000 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 recognized as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

Mercy Health is committed to the safety of all children and vulnerable people across our services. We recognize the importance of listening to their voices and have zero tolerance for any form of abuse or neglect.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity:

• Provide residents with emotional, spiritual, and psychological support, helping them cope with aging, loss, and health changes.
• Act as a compassionate listener for residents, offering counselling and comfort during times of distress, loneliness, or grief.
• Organise and lead religious services, prayers, or rituals tailored to residents' spiritual needs, respecting their diverse beliefs.
• Support residents and their families during end-of-life care, offering comfort, counselling, and spiritual care at this difficult time.
• Work alongside other health care staff (nurses, doctors, social workers) to provide holistic care to residents.
• Facilitate access to sacraments such as Holy Communion, Reconciliation, and Anointing of the Sick, ensuring residents can practice their faith regularly.

What you'll bring:

You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• At least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education or other relevant qualification. Theological and/or other relevant graduate qualifications. Proficient computer skills.
• Training in pastoral care, counselling, or spiritual guidance is important to offer residents adequate emotional and spiritual support.
• Sensitivity to residents' diverse cultural backgrounds and spiritual beliefs to ensure inclusive care.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• Police check or NDIS clearance
• Valid work rights

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

Are you ready to apply for this role? Click Apply Now.

Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.