Welcome to St John of God Health Care
St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Burwood Hospital is located in Sydney's inner west and has continued to provide personalised private mental health care in a supportive environment for over 60 years. We provide a compressive range of outpatient and inpatient services. The hospital has a strong reputation for perinatal mental health, having established the first mother and baby unit in Sydney.

St John of John of God Richmond Hospital is a highly regarded private mental health hospital northwest of Sydney providing comprehensive and holistic mental health care services in a tranquil setting. SJOG Richmond has had a long legacy of providing specialist trauma care to our military and first responders. The hospital also offers a range of mental health services for inpatient and outpatients.

Your role at St John of God
We are seeking applications for a Pastoral Service Manager to join our Mission team at Burwood & Richmond Hospitals, on a permanent part-time basis.

The Pastoral Services Manager will set the strategic direction of Pastoral services within the Hospital/Service and provide leadership and coordination to the team in the provision of holistic Pastoral services to patients and clients.

Our professional pastoral services caregivers are an integral part of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, complementing and contributing to the overall person-centred care provided to patients, residents and their families.

The Position

• Lead and manage a team in addition to maintaining caseload duties (as determined at hospital/service level in consultation with GMPS),
• 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 to maintain the highest standard of Pastoral Practice.
• Ensure ongoing development and succession planning via adequate provision for training new students, Pastoral Interns and Pastoral Practitioners across clinical pastoral practice and leadership domains.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental accountability and reporting protocols.

We are seeking a dedicated professional with a minimum of five years' experience in providing pastoral care to individuals from diverse faiths, cultures, and social backgrounds. You will bring strong skills in conflict management, as well as demonstrated experience in leading change and supporting staff through transition. Additionally, you will have experience in developing and delivering staff education and training programs

Successful applicants will hold a tertiary level qualification in a relevant field (such as Social work, Counselling, Pastoral Theology, or Nursing).

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

We can offer you

• Salary: $124,196 to $137,946 (pro-rata for part-time) plus 12% Superannuation
• Permanent part-time, working 30.4 hours per week
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 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
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

For all enquiries contact John Sweeting, Director Mission Integration on 0405 055 907.

If suitable candidates are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date.

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.