Pastoral Services Manager

St John of God Bendigo Hospital

We are seeking a qualified Pastoral Services Manager to join our team in a permanent 0.8 FTE capacity. Our areas of speciality include inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation surgical general medicine oncology day surgery maternity and CCU. This role involves rotation across these wards along with mentoring and supervision for students and new caregivers.

The position is a permanent parttime role working 30.4 hours per week. Days and hours may be negotiated for the suitable candidate with some afterhours and weekend support required as part of the role.

The Pastoral Services Manager is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Pastoral Services within the Hospital/Service and for providing leadership and coordination to ensure the delivery of holistic pastoral care to patients and clients. This role works collaboratively with other SJGHC hospital and service caregivers to embed and integrate a contemporary patientcentred model of pastoral care across the organisation.

The role directly contributes to patient safety and comfort by maintaining essential plant equipment and compliance standards.

The Position

• Lead and manage a team in addition to maintaining caseload duties (as determined at hospital/service level in consultation with National Manager Pastoral Services.)

• Accountability for financial stewardship of the pastoral budget.

• Responsibility for implementing group strategic direction and workforce planning at a local level.

• Accountability for effective and timely service delivery which meets performance indicators resource management and compliance regarding quality safety and best practice.

• Foster a culture of integrity professionalism accountability within the Pastoral Services team in order to maintain the highest standard of Pastoral Practice.

• Lead and manage complex strategic initiatives impart vision and engage with key internal and external stakeholders.

You will have completed a tertiarylevel qualification in a relevant discipline such as Social Work Counselling Pastoral Theology or Nursing along with a minimum of five years experience providing pastoral care to individuals from a diverse range of faith cultural and social backgrounds.

To succeed in this role you will demonstrate the ability to effectively manage change and navigate complex situations along with a proven capacity to understand respond to and resolve conflict in a professional and constructive studies in ethics relevant to the healthcare sector and/or Catholic identity are highly desirable.

Above all patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

The Benefits:

• Salary: $124196 to $137946 per annum (pro rata for part time) plus 12% superannuation

• A Permanent part time role working up to 60.8 hours per fortnight.

• Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

• Novated leasing

• work related expenses

• selfeducation and

• additional superannuation

• A healthy worklife balance through flexible work options additional purchased leave and wellbeing programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Kate Ellis Director of Mission Integration on (03)

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.