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About the Role

The Spiritual Care Department is looking for an experienced Spiritual Care Practitioner to join the team as a Locum, providing relief supports across several Monash Health Acute and Subacute sites, on a needs basis. The incumbent will be required to work both autonomously and at times in collaboration with the Spiritual Care Coordinator at various sites when requested. This is a casual, locum position, however, previous spiritual care experience is essential.   

The role is primarily that of clinical practice and locum relief work:

• To offer spiritual, religious and pastoral supports to patients, families and staff, recognising that each person has their own spirituality which may or may not be expressed in formal religious beliefs or practices.
• Respond as required across the various Monash Health hospital sites according to demand for Spiritual Care relief services
• To practice within a multi-faith and culturally diverse setting.
• To offer some administrative support as may be advised by the Spiritual Care Coordinator onsite
• The provision of information and relevant supports to visiting chaplains and spiritual care volunteers
• Previous experience in providing spiritual care support is essential.

Spiritual Care Department

The Spiritual Care team across Monash Health is responsible for the delivery of a broad range of Spiritual care interventions across the lifespan for inpatients, their families and carers as well as Monash Health staff.

About You

You will be a dynamic, innovative and flexible clinical practitioner with a good understanding of and sensitivity to psycho-social, cultural, religious and spiritual aspects of illness and hospitalization. You will have well developed skills in providing spiritual care supports, as well as highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Experience providing spiritual care in a health care setting is desirable as well as proficiency for documentation in electronic medical records. Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as a team member with attention to self-care practices in coping with emotionally demanding situations. Evidence of good standing within a faith tradition is required.

Requirements of the role include: 

• Eligibility for membership of Spiritual Care Australia (SCA) at “Certified Level”
• Essential qualifications and formation in Spiritual Care (refer to the Position Description)
• Demonstration of continuing professional education and commitment to ongoing professional supervision as stipulated by SCA.
• Proven experience in providing spiritual care support in acute and subacute settings.
• Knowledge and experience working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Current Driver’s Licence.

In Return

• Ability to work autonomously on various sites where relief cover is required.
• Attractive salary including salary packaging opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with the Spiritual Care Coordinators across various sites, who are available to provide supports/guidance with daily clinical and administrative workload if required.  
• Maintaining additional accountability to the Manager (Social Work and Spiritual Care).
• Opportunities to use your drive for innovation to grow and develop services to meet the changing landscape within the broader healthcare system.
• Monash Health offers access to profession specific, inter-disciplinary, relevant health and welfare education and encourages participation in quality and research activities.

For a confidential discussion and to explore this opportunity further, please reach out to Michael Splawa-Neyman, Social Work & Spiritual Care Manager, on Michael.Splawa-Neyman@monashhealth.org or call 0407 169 458.

Position Description can be found here.
Role Statement can be found here.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’. Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

We will maintain this advertisement until 12 June 2026 to support ongoing recruitment.