Māori Chaplain 0.6FTE

Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy

Dunedin Central, Otago

Māori Chaplain .6FTE

The position is 0.6FTE at Dunedin Hospital and 0.1FTE at Wakari Hospital

Position detail

Overview of position

We provide Hospitals with Chaplains, showing compassion that fuels hope, healing, and peace amid suffering.

We believe that despite the clinical diagnosis, our spiritual care improves the wellbeing for the Patients, whanau, and staff in our care.

We do this by promoting, maintaining, and developing relevant and flexible Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care services to all those within Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Hospitals regardless of religious affiliation, faith orientation, belief system, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

Our chaplains do this as an integral part of multidisciplinary healthcare teams within our healthcare system providing holistic care to all.

The Organisation

The Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy (ICHC), which is a collaboration of a broad range of churches, is committed to providing Christian Chaplains within Aotearoa New Zealand’s healthcare environment.

Location Dunedin Hospital (20 hours) and Wakari Hospital (4 hours), Te Whatu Ora Southern.

• Unique opportunity to make a real difference in the provision spiritual heath care for the individuals, families, whanau in our care. 
• Professional Development provided.

Dunedin Hospital is the tertiary hospital providing specialist services for the Otago and Southland regions.

Wakari Hospital has inpatient and outpatient care for mental health, addictions and intellectual disability services, and physical rehabilitation services.

The Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy (ICHC), which is a collaboration of a broad range of churches, is committed to providing Christian Chaplains within Aotearoa New Zealand’s healthcare environment. 

As Chaplain you will be part of multidisciplinary healthcare teams, working with other Chaplains across the hospital providing holistic care to all.

You will gain experience and provide spiritual care to patients from every culture, life stage, denomination, faith-orientation, beliefs, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

We seek to further enhance our Treaty of Waitangi partnership and relationship with Māori patients, whanau and staff. We support the right of Māori patients, if they so choose, to be ministered to in te reo Māori and Karakia.

Key responsibility areas:

• Deliver spiritual healthcare to patients suffering ill health or accident, to their whānau, and to staff within a public hospital
• Respond to crisis calls from hospital staff, patients and whānau including "on call" hours
• Regularly, and on request, visit wards and units to provide spiritual care and attend appropriate meetings within the hospital as guided by your Lead Chaplain.
• Conduct spiritual and religious services and rituals in the hospital 
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary meetings, processes and contexts
• Teaming up and working positively as a unified Chaplaincy team in each Hospital
• Supporting colleagues within regional chaplaincy teams and across the motu
• Training and supervision of Volunteer Chaplaincy Assistants as guided by the Lead Chaplain.

Cultural Competence:

• Demonstrate a level of competency in Te Reo Māori and be able to converse in Te Reo Māori.
• Demonstrate knowledge of shared understanding of each other’s cultural beliefs, values and Tikanga. (Tangata Whenua Māori & Pakeha) within Te Ao Māori.
• Display a willingness to participate in formal/informal Whakatau/Powhiri processes consistent with Māori customs, practises, and protocols. E.g., new Chaplains, Locums, VCAs
• Display knowledge of Karakia and Te Ao Māori.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the roles of participants associated with hui. (Staff hui), other gatherings, Kaumatua, Kai-Karakia, Kai- Karanga, Kai-Korero, Mihi, Whaka-whanaungatanga.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Te Ao Māori traditions, Customs, Values, Principles and Tikanga
• Demonstrate knowledge of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and its principles.
• Understanding of group dynamics and challenges within a multi faith environment with differing needs and expectations.

With your empathy and compassion, excellent listening and pastoral skills, and a good level of religious, spiritual, and theological understanding, this is an exciting and rewarding time to join our team. 

Your knowledge and experience in a ministry of pastoral care in a health or in faith community leadership will be key to your success. 

We recognise and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, and that of the collective talent in our whānau.  All applications must be submitted through the seek website to ensure transparency.

Please combine the CV and Cover Letter into one pdf and submit this under CV.  And submit the completed Application Form under Cover Letter. N.B. Applications received via email will not be considered.

Please submit the following three items:

• CV
• Cover Letter and
• Completed Application Form 

 Please Find The Job Description Here (copy and paste the link into a browser):

https://mcusercontent.com/e90c907b9501e0cde3966a24d/files/53513eda-8ee9-92d2-8396-5326f6573b60/Māori_Chaplain_JD_Dunedin_2024.pdf

Please Find The Application Form Here (Copy and paste the link into a browser):

https://mcusercontent.com/e90c907b9501e0cde3966a24d/files/f81a7d7b-d2fe-626c-883c-25cc66382b73/Application_Form_Māori_Chaplai_Dunedin.docx

Closing Date 4pm, Wednesday 7 August, 2024

24/07/2024

07/08/2024