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Pastoral Care Casual Practitioner


Job Location:

Werribee - Australia

Hourly Salary: $ 37 - 41
Posted: 26 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 23 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:
  • Casual positions available

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment

  • Friendly and dynamic team


About the Company
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincents Health Australia and a leading teaching research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services sub-acute care medical diagnostics rehabilitation allied health mental health palliative care correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australias leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers. SVHMs Mission is to provide high quality and efficient health services in accordance with the philosophy of St Vincents Health Australia. The Mission is base on compassion justice integrity and excellence

About Department
All Pastoral Practitioners are qualified professionals with spiritual care training. They work flexibly across all sites on agreed rostered days with responsivity for specific care centres and wards.

About the Role
You are accountable to the Manager of Pastoral Services while proving spiritual and emotional support to the people in SVHMs care in line with our model of pastoral practice.

This position is primarily located at St Vincents Private Hospital in Werribee. However may also be across all locations.

Salary: $37 - $41 per hour plus a casual loading of 25%

Duties

  • Provide spiritual and emotional care for patients residents and family members

  • Respond to referrals as soon as possible and document appropriately

  • Liaise with external faith chaplaincy teams to ensure appropriate liturgical or sacramental response is provided to meet specific needs

  • Attend and contribute to Pastoral multidisciplinary team meetings and education sessions

  • Comply with St Vincents policies procedures directions and learning requirements

Qualifications Skills and Experience

  • A tertiary qualification in Spiritual Care or Theology eg Master of Arts or SocSc (specialising in spiritual care counselling)

  • Recognised training in Pastoral/Spiritual Care eg 400 hours x2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education or equivalent

  • Experience in Pastoral/Spiritual care in an Aged Health Care setting

  • Emotional and Spiritual maturity with an appreciation of people with differing value systems faiths and cultural backgrounds

  • Excellent listening and spiritual assessment skills

Benefits

  • Salary packaging

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Staff Car Park


Application

  • Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.


At SVHM we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. If you would like further information contact our Indigenous Recruitment Coordinator through our careers page. 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 (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy which depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.

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.

Contact

Anh Hoang

Closing Date:
3 August 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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