Falls and Fracture Prevention Coordinator

Falls and Fracture Prevention Coordinator

Location: Invercargill

FTE: 0.5

At WellSouth, we are dedicated to promoting health equity, ensuring everyone has access to the highest quality of care and enabling better health outcomes for people in the Southern region.

We offer:

• A supportive work environment where you'll make a real impact on the lives of our diverse communities.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• A commitment to upholding the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• To support the health and wellbeing of our employees we offer flu vaccinations, an annual wellness voucher and a day off on your Birthday.
• 5 weeks annual leave after two years
• Sick leave entitlement of 5 days will be available from commencement of employment and another 5 days at 6 months of employment. 10 days entitlement will be available at 12 months service thereafter.
• Inhouse equity training, Te Reo training and associated professional development
• We are a rainbow tick certified workplace, the first PHO in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We deliver an innovative “whole of system” approach to reduce the incidences of falls and fractures for older adults in our region. 

This is a nationally led evidence based system approach with a long term sustainability and local integrated approaches to falls prevention and fragility fracture identification. We have the following vacancy to recruit to. 

If you would like to be part of this service we are looking to employ a Falls and Fracture Prevention Coordinator in our Invercargill office. Ideally we are looking to employ a Registered Nurse however we will consider applications from Allied Health staff with experience in the primary area of falls and fracture prevention. If you are comfortable with seeing patients in their own home, delivering telehealth and have an interest in service development and delivery of education sessions then please apply.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a proven track record of working closely with primary and secondary care clinicians and community groups
• Have the ability to deliver strength and balance exercise programmes and other identified interventions to our elderly population.
• Be part of an integrated system-wide falls prevention strategy to reduce falls, fractures, and harm from falls for older people.
• Be able to increase confidence in living independently and reduce fear of falling for our elderly population
• Increase the understanding of the value of preventing falls and fractures for health providers and others.

Our Values - Tō Mātou Uara

• He mana tō te whānau – Whānau Centred
• Tōkeke - Equitable
• Manawa whakaute - Respectful
• Pono – Transparent

For the full Position Description click here: Position Description

Please note that we don’t always work to fixed closing dates & may interview candidates as their applications are received.

Applications close 11 June 2024

Applications must include a CV, and a cover letter.

WellSouth Primary Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. We are rainbow-tick accredited and are committed to upholding the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.  WellSouth is smokefree and we support the Government’s Vision of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.