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Mercy Health Australia
Counsellor - Community Palliative Care
PART TIME
September 2, 2024
Employment Type: Part time, fixed term until 30th June 2025
Hours: 48 per fortnight
Location: Sunshine (main office)
Upload with Application: Cover letter, resume and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Cathy Dow, Allied Health Manager,
cdow@mercy.com.au,
(03) 9313 5700
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
Mercy Palliative Care (MPC) is a 24 hour community-based palliative care service providing in home care to patients of all ages with life limiting illnesses. Our services covers the North and West Metropolitan region of Melbourne. Our multi-disciplinary team including allied health, doctors and nurses is committed to providing holistic care to patients and their family ensuring they experience the best quality of life while addressing their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
A counsellor in community palliative care responds to the psycho-social-spiritual needs of clients of MPC and work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team. Counselling is provided along the care continuum of palliative care and bereavement support in people's homes, office and via telehealth. MPC has a holistic approach to care and this counselling role also includes exploring practical needs and making referrals to other relevant services to benefit patients and their families/carers.
- Counselling and psychosocial support to patients and families
- Be part of a multi-disciplinary team which requires you to provide highly responsive and flexible service to consumers and carers
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Supportive and friendly Allied Health team
What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
- Recognised qualifications in counselling (prefer Bachelor Degree)
- Experience in grief & loss counselling across a diverse community
- Experience in psycho-social-spiritual assessments & interventions (casework)
- Enthusiastic, flexible, team orientated with effective communication skills
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
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Current unrestricted driver's licence
- A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
- Current COVID-19 certificate, proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.
Are you ready to apply for this role? Click Apply
Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
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