Hospital Chaplain - Full Time 1Fte

Add expected salary to your profile for insightsEcumenical Hospital Chaplain (Full Time 1FTE)Hospital Chaplaincy AotearoaMiddlemore Hospital, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Counties ManukauEcumenical Hospital Chaplain 1 FTE ChaplainUnique opportunity to make a real difference in the provision of spiritual heath care for individuals, families, whanau in our care.Professional Development provided.Full Time position.Middlemore Hospital based.Middlemore HospitalMiddlemore Hospital is one of New Zealand's largest hospitals serving around half a million people.

Middlemore Hospital hosts the National Burns Centre and is home to the Kidz First paediatric hospital, a birthing unit, Tiaho Mai acute mental health unit, a busy accident and emergency department and fully integrated ICU and advanced cardiac care units.

The hospital offers a range of niche specialists services including orthopaedic and plastic surgery, burns, spinal injury rehabilitation, vascular surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, renal dialysis, and neonatal intensive care.This position will require working with a team to support patients in a wide range of medical, surgical, rehabilitation and specialist wards as requested by staff, patients, and whanau, and agreed with your lead chaplain.Hospital Chaplaincy AotearoaHospital Chaplaincy Aotearoa is a collaboration of a broad range of churches, that 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, belief, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.Key responsibility areas : Delivering spiritual healthcare to patients suffering ill health or accident, to their whanau, and to staff within a public hospital.Responding to crisis calls from hospital staff, patients and whanau including on call hours.Regularly, and on request, visiting wards and units to provide spiritual care and attend appropriate meetings within the hospital.Conducting spiritual and religious services and rituals in the hospital.Collaborating in multi-disciplinary meetings, therapeutic groups and other processes as appropriate to role.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.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 whanau.

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 : CVCover Letter andCompleted Application FormClosing Date 4pm, Sunday 14th September 2025Unlock job insightsSalary match Number of applicants Skills matchYour application will include the following questions : Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand?

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