Weekend Receptionist
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday Shifts Two shifts available each day Do you enjoy meeting people and helping others feel welcome? As a Weekend Reception Volunteer, you’ll be one of the first faces visitors see when they arrive at Cranford Hospice. Your warm welcome, friendly smile, and willingness to help can make a real difference […]
Handyman
Flexible Hours | As Required Are you handy with tools and enjoy fixing, building, or maintaining things? We’re looking for a practical, reliable volunteer to help keep Cranford Hospice safe, welcoming, and well maintained. From small repairs and maintenance tasks to helping identify areas that need attention, your skills will help ensure our facilities remain […]
Kitchen Volunteer
Daily Shifts Available Morning: 10.30am – 1.00pm Evening: 5.00pm – 7.00pm Shift lengths may vary depending on hospice occupancy and kitchen requirements. A warm meal can bring comfort, familiarity, and a sense of care. As a Kitchen Volunteer, you’ll help ensure our patients receive meals in a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment while assisting with […]
Laundry Volunteer
Daily | Approximately 10.30am – 2.30pm Shifts are dependent on hospice occupancy and laundry requirements. Behind every comfortable bed and freshly laundered item of clothing is someone helping to make hospice feel like home. As a Laundry Volunteer, you’ll play an important role in supporting our patients and care team by ensuring fresh linen and […]
Flower Arranging Volunteer
Monday and Thursday Mornings | Flexible Start Time Do you have a love of flowers and a creative eye for arranging them? As a Flower Arranging Volunteer, you’ll help bring colour, beauty, and joy into the hospice environment. Fresh flowers can brighten a room, spark conversation, evoke special memories, and provide comfort to patients, families/whānau, […]
Garden Volunteer
Wednesdays | 9.00am – 12.00pm Do you enjoy gardening, being outdoors, and making a meaningful difference in your community? Our beautiful gardens are an important part of the Cranford Hospice experience, providing a peaceful and welcoming environment for patients, families/whānau, visitors, staff, and volunteers. As a Garden Volunteer, you’ll help maintain and enhance these special […]
Life Review Volunteers
Life review work has been shown to enhance the meaning and quality of a patient’s life and to provide them and their family with an ongoing ‘legacy’. Our trained life review volunteers assist our patients to produce a variety of legacy items including their life story book, letters for family and friends and eulogies. Volunteers […]
Car Valet Assistant
Do you enjoy looking after cars? Cranford Hospice requires volunteers to maintain the Cranford Hospice Fleet of cars to a high standard. You will be required to: Take vehicles to Caltex for car washing, & vacuum Clean and maintain vehicle interiors including dashboards and consoles Cleaning door trims and hinges Complete the vehicle checklist and report any damage or […]
Equipment Delivery Assistant/Driver
Cranford Hospice has electric beds which we loan to patients to better their quality of life. Volunteers work in pairs to collect beds from the hospice based in Hastings and deliver to patients in Hastings/Napier; and then collect them when they are no longer required. This is the type of person we are looking for: […]
Registered Nurse
Palliative Care—Permanent FTE options available Are you a Registered Nurse who is passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of people living with life-limiting illness? At Cranford Hospice, you’ll join a compassionate and innovative team delivering specialist palliative care across Hawke’s Bay. This is an opportunity to walk alongside patients and their whānau […]