Pastoral Care Practitioner
Core
Provide emotional, spiritual, and pastoral support to patients, families, and carers within a healthcare setting, focusing on grief, crisis, and end-of-life care.
Role type
Pastoral Care Practitioner (Healthcare)
Builds
Person-centred, inclusive, and trauma-informed care services for the community.
Domain
Healthcare / Spiritual Care
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Emotional support, grief and loss support, crisis support, end-of-life care, active listening, culturally/faith-appropriate practices, documentation
Preferred skills
Relevant qualification in theology, pastoral/spiritual care, counselling, social sciences, psychology, or community services
Technologies
Electronic health record systems
Responsibilities
Provide confidential spiritual and emotional support to patients and families/carers; Offer interventions including presence, active listening, meaning-making support, grief support, and facilitation of culturally/faith-appropriate practices; Document spiritual care activity in patient records
Seniority
Experienced professional