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Mental Health Hospital Chaplain 0.4 FTE
Position title
Location
Wakari Hospital, Dunedin, Southern DHB
The Role of ICHC and the Hospital Chaplain
The purpose of this position is to provide pastoral, spiritual and religious care, as required, to all within the hospital and DHB community.
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. We are committed to principles of partnership, participation, and protection expressed in the Treaty of Waitangi.
We are purposeful in 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.
The purpose of our ministry is to provide spiritual care that compassionately helps hospital patients, and their whānau:
Chaplains do this as an integral part of multidisciplinary healthcare teams within our healthcare system providing holistic care to all.
Primary Reporting Line
Lead Chaplain
Key internal relationships
ICHC Regional Chaplaincy Manager (overseeing the region)
ICHC National Office
Chaplains
Local Chaplaincy Committee.
Senior Catholic Hospital Chaplain
Volunteer Chaplaincy Assistants
External relationships
Patients and whānau
DHB Staff, including the DHB liaison and ward staff
Local Churches
Community groups
Leaders of faith/spiritual organisations
Functions and responsibilities (key activities, task and outcomes to be achieved)
Preferred Competencies
Key job requirements
[1] Puchalski, C. M., Vitillo, R., Hull, S. K., & Reller, N. (2014). Improving the spiritual dimension of whole person care: reaching national and international consensus. Journal of palliative medicine, 17(6), 642–656. doi:10.1089/jpm.2014.9427
Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS trust (UK) service users and staff coproduction, The Spirituality Flower, accessed on line https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/services/spirituality/ 14:28 29/10/2019
Application Form: https://mcusercontent.com/e90c907b9501e0cde3966a24d/files/ebd86e24-001c-f0a4-4f5a-6e92e68b4817/Application_Form_Chaplain_Wakari_Southern_DHB.docx
Please send the following three items to admin@ichc.org.nz
Closes: 4pm Wednesday, 16th June 2021
adminSPAMFILTER@ichc.org.nz
02/06/2021
16/06/2021
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