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Act HealthSee more

addressAddressCanberra, ACT
CategoryEducation

Job description

Employment Type: Part Time, Temporary 12 months with possibility of extension and or permanency
Classification: Administration Service Officer 4 (PN 64651)
Salary: $80,535 - $86,909 Plus 11.5% Super) 
Location:
Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Allied Health
Closing Date:
24 April 2024

What can we offer you: 

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City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.

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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital. 

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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

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Flexible working conditions. 

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11.5% Superannuation.

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Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

As a Spiritual Care Practitioner (Palliative and Paediatrics), you will work as part of the multi-disciplinary care team to address the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of patients, their families or carers and staff in Palliative Care or Paediatric Units at Canberra Hospital (TCH). 

Canberra Health Services understands healthcare works best when we create a person-centred partnership that delivers holistic care for the body, mind, and spirit. Spiritual Care seeks to address the spiritual domain of health, with particular response to the unique human vulnerabilities associated with healthcare including fear, loneliness, pain, grief, and joy. 

Standard hours of work are Monday to Friday 8:00am-4:00pm and this role may include an overnight on-call service, weekend, and public holiday work.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

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Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.

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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply: 

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Please note appointment may be based on written application and referee reports only.


Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website. 

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. 

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Chris Dudfield at (02) 5124 3*** or at **************@act.gov.au.

Refer code: 2072921. Act Health - The previous day - 2024-04-19 12:09

Act Health

Canberra, ACT

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