Ecumenical Māori Chaplain (Part Time 0.6FTE)

Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy

Christchurch Central, Canterbury

Ecumenical Māori Chaplain (Part Time 0.6 FTE)

Hospital Chaplaincy Aotearoa

Christchurch Hospital, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury

Ecumenical Māori Chaplain 0.6 FTE Chaplain

• Unique opportunity to make a real difference in the provision of spiritual heath care for individuals, families, whanau in our care. 
• Professional Development provided.
• Part Time position.
• Christchurch Hospital based.

Christchurch Hospital 

You will work as part of a team and based at Christchurch Hospital, and be available to provide chaplaincy services to patients, whanau and staff at Christchurch Women’s, Burwood and Hillmorton Hospitals.

Christchurch Hospital has 826 beds and provides Maternity, Medical, Children’s health and Surgical services.

Hospital Chaplaincy Aotearoa

Hospital 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 whānau, and to staff within a public hospital.
• Responding to crisis calls from hospital staff, patients and whānau 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 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/63f9051f-84d1-4607-814c-b1c30c2fb6cc/Māori_Chaplain_JD_2025.pdf

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

https://mcusercontent.com/e90c907b9501e0cde3966a24d/files/3724c222-88eb-3e04-c14a-c0d1387b566a/Application_Form_Maori_Chaplain_2025.docx

Closing Date 4pm, Wednesday 26 November 2025.

04/11/2025

26/11/2025