Mercy Community is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Pastoral Carer to join our team at the Nudgee Residential Aged Care Facility. This is a full-time, permanent role, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents and their families every day.

About the Role
As a Pastoral Carer, you will play a key role in nurturing a faith-filled, person-centred environment that reflects the Gospel values, Catholic social teaching, and the charism of Mercy. Your work will support residents’ spiritual and sacramental needs while promoting their overall wellbeing.

 Your role involves but not limited to – 

• Provide a holistic and supportive approach to Mercy Community pastoral care services
• Support new residents to aged and community care services, including a spiritual-needs assessment, care plan and progress notes for residents
• Contribute to case conferences, palliative and end of life care, and advance care planning including support and guidance to residents and families.
• Coordinating processional farewells for residents.

 About you

• Relevant qualifications in Pastoral Care, Theology and/or Spirituality and/or counselling
• Demonstrated commitment to, knowledge and understanding of the principles of Catholic teaching, tradition and ecumenism
• Previous experience in a similar role, either in aged care or similar environments (desirable)

Why Join Mercy Community?

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families, community and residential aged care. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging – up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component https://youtu.be/ff3LkF2ZzTI
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $156 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our employee assistance program
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs
• Novated leasing options to reduce your taxable income
• Ability to cash out or purchase additional annual leave