Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy

Regional Manager – North Region (Part Time 0.8 FTE) = Auckland and Northland

Closes 4 p.m. Friday 13 August 2021

https://www.seek.co.nz/job/53090818

Auckland Based + opportunity to work from home.

North Region: Northland and Auckland

The Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy (ICHC) is seeking a part-time Regional Manager for our North Region services. The purpose of this position is to provide leadership, oversight, management, and pastoral support for ICHC Chaplaincy teams within the hospital and DHB community for the North Region. 

The position will be based in Auckland with an opportunity to work from home and travel as required across the region and for National Leadership Team meetings. The North Region covers Hospital Chaplaincy Services in the Northland, Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau DHBs.

ICHC provides spiritual, pastoral, and religious care for Aotearoa New Zealand public hospitals. We are committed to maintaining and developing highly skilled, flexible, and professional chaplaincy services within the healthcare environment. The primary purpose of our ministry is to foster good health through excellence in compassionate spiritual and pastoral care. Our Chaplains work alongside other healthcare professionals in hospital settings as an integral part of the interdisciplinary teams. We are committed to the principles of partnership, participation, and protection of the Treaty of Waitangi and we believe such principles benefit all. Our spiritual and pastoral care is provided by Christian Chaplains in the most appropriate way for all healthcare clients and/or patients, regardless of religious denomination, faith-orientation, beliefs, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Chaplains also facilitate and coordinate client and/or patient access to the spiritual and religious care of their choice. We are funded by the Ministry of Health and a broad range of Churches as well as individuals and trusts.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who:

• Is theologically educated (at degree level) with a good level of religious, spiritual, and ideological understanding.
• Accredited for faith community leadership
• Has substantial experience in a ministry of pastoral care
• Has collaborated ecumenically
• Has worked with people from diverse faith and cultural backgrounds and has a high level of cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Has training relevant to healthcare chaplaincy, for example Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE); ideally having taken at least one unit of CPE.
• Has highly effective and personable communication skills including excellent listening and pastoral skills. Demonstrates a positive, respectful, empathetic, and compassionate attitude towards others.
• Articulate in written and spoken English. Some fluency in Te Reo Māori is desirable
• Ability to work collaboratively and sustain constructive working relationships with chaplains and other healthcare professionals.
• Ability to support, encourage and train volunteers.
• Ability to help develop chaplaincy services in the hospital context.
• Has effective IT skills
• A patient centred focus.
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of ICHC.
• To be in good mental and physical health.

Please submit the following

• CV
• Cover Letter
• Application Form

29/07/2021

13/08/2021