Spiritual Care Practitioner (casual)

Employer: Western Health
Location: Footscray/Sunshine
Type: Casual
Ref No: 53515
Closing Date:  19 March 2024

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Summary

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services.

We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

About the role
An exciting opportunity for a skilled Spiritual Care Practitioner to join Western Health's Spiritual Care Department's casual pool, predominantly working at our Footscray or Sunshine sites.

The team focuses on providing high standard of care and expertise for hospital patients who require palliative care. The team has a strong focus on a multidisciplinary approach to patient care in order to support patients and their families during the transition to this phase of care. High standards of nursing care are achieved through staff striving for excellence in their practice therefore, professional development play an important role in maintaining these standards.

This role will be permanent part time on a Monday to Friday rotating roster across multiple Western Health sites.

What is Offered

Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as

• Professional development support 
• Career advancement opportunities 
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing 
• Work-life balance 
• Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce.

Selection Criteria

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a tertiary qualification in Spiritual Care, Theology, Counselling, or other related discipline, from a recognised training authority. 
• Have successfully completed at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education or equivalent. 
• Demonstrate experience of providing high quality spiritual support in the healthcare environment. 
• Display a commitment to offering secular, non-sectarian, faith-based care as required. 
• Display an appropriate level of capability, as outlined in Level 2 of Spiritual Health Association's Capabilities Framework for Spiritual Care Practitioners in Healthcare 2020.