• Full Time, Permanent position
• Fitzroy location
• Senior leadership opportunity
• Best practice implementation
• Excellent benefits including monthly ADO!

About the Role

You will lead a team of outstanding practitioners who provide pastoral and spiritual care to patients, families and staff across inpatient, residential and palliative care centres of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

The role will report into both the National Director, Pastoral Care St Vincent’s Health Australia, as well as the General Manager of Allied Health & Pharmacy St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Your areas of responsibility include:

• Leadership of exemplary provision of pastoral and spiritual care services and chaplaincy
• Mission and values integration
• Continuous improvement in services, access and provision
• Interdisciplinary collaboration, team collegiality and professional confidentiality
• Workplace wellbeing and safety

The classification range for this position is HS4 – HS29, plus over award commensurate with experience ($117,000 - $126,000 per annum).

Your Contribution

• Minimum of two units of Clinical Pastoral Education, one at an Advanced level
• Demonstrated leadership experience in pastoral and spiritual care, preferably in a healthcare setting
• Tertiary qualification in ministry, pastoral care, theology or social science desirable
• Current Nationally Coordinated criminal history check, or willing to obtain

WHAT WE OFFER

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Flexible working arrangements

About Pastoral and Spiritual Care Services

Pastoral and Spiritual Care Services is a department within the Mission Services Directorate. Practitioners and chaplains work in the acute, sub-acute, aged, palliative, correctional and mental health settings as part of collaborative interdisciplinary teams.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
• If you would like to request a copy of the position description, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Manager - Pastoral and Spiritual Care enquiry via EthicalJobs quoting JR140620.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Respectfully, no agencies please.

A position description is attached.