Employment Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, with requests for part-time working considered

Location: Support Services Office – Richmond, Victoria

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Contact: For a copy of the Position Description and for any enquiries please contact Pip McIlroy via [email protected]

Applications must be submitted by the 4th of May

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 at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we’re on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

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 at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes. 

About the opportunity

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Group Formation Lead to join a Catholic provider of health care services for people at every age and stage of life. In this role you will play a pivotal role in implementing the Mission Formation Strategy, including through planning, implementing and evaluating formation and education opportunities for staff at all levels of Mercy Health.

Duties include:

• Maintaining working relationships with leaders and managers in Health Services, Healthy Ageing and Support Services and supporting them in developing their staff in relation to mission and formation

• Presenting at staff forums (e.g. orientation), workshops and communication through various internal media to promote, explain, clarify, and reinforce the centrality of mission, values, and ethos to Mercy Health and to all who work within the organisation

• Communicating, planning and delivering events and rituals related to the Catholic identity of Mercy Health, including prayer and liturgical celebrations

• Supporting staff and leaders to understand Catholic teaching with regard to ethical issues in health and aged care, including by developing resources to support familiarity with the Code of Ethical Standards for Catholic Health and Aged Care Services in Australia.

What you’ll bring

The work of Formation and mission leadership is important and nuanced. If you are interested in supporting a diverse group of dedicated staff and leaders to continue to deepen their understanding of the purpose, values and guiding principles of our organisation, we welcome your application.

To thrive in this role, you will have the following essential skills and experience:

• Proven excellence in creating, facilitating and coordinating the delivery of formation, education or training in a health and/or aged care (or similar) context which enable diverse staff to connect to the mission of an organisation

• Proven capability to model and promote reflective practice in a health and/or aged care (or similar) context

• Practical experience, knowledge and understanding of application of Catholic theology, Catholic Social Teaching principles and contemporary teachings of the Catholic Church.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• Tertiary qualification in Theology/Scripture/Education/Religious Education/Formation/Ministry or related discipline OR Health or aged care qualification with relevant further education/training and advanced understanding of Catholic identity/theology as it relates to Mercy Health

• A current Police Record Check

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives – and your career.

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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 traditional custodians of the many lands on which our services 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.