Position Description

5 months ago

Dunedin, New Zealand Sport Otago Full time

**Position**:Healthy Lifestyle Advisor (HLA)

**Responsible to**:Healthy Lifestyles Manager (HLM)

**Functional Relationship with**:All other Sport Otago Staff

**Key Relationships with**: Clients and their family/whānau, Primary Care

Practices, General Practitioners (GPs)

and Practice Nurses (PNs)**,** Non
- Governmental Organisations (NGOs), social

service agencies, recreational facilities, community

activity providers, and the wider health and physical

activity sectors.

**Sport Otago Vision**:Every Otago whānau active every day.

**Sport Otago Purpose**:To enhance individual and community wellbeing through
physical activity.
Ki te whakarei i te oranga me te hapori kite mahi tinana.

**Sport Otago Values**

Edgy/Whakakārangi: To stand out from others. Modern, adaptive, innovative,

tenacious, at the forefront, experimental, push the boundaries.

Open/Pono: Being welcoming and accepting, honest, open to new ideas, willing to
learn, vulnerable, embracing diversity, having integrity.

Connected/Tūhono: Collaboration, partnership, teamwork, nurturing, maintaining,
promoting, and building our staff and communities strengths, looking after our
people, respect for each other and those we interrelate with - kotahitanga.

Excellence/Hiranga: Being the best we can be, being evidence based, always
producing high quality work, having high standards, our whānau live the
organisations values and possess required skills, our practices keep
our whānau safe and healthy.

He rōpū tina tika mātou e tautoko ana, a wero ana ki a mātou anō hei autaia.
He tangata, he tangata.

We are a friendly, inclusive team who support and challenge each other to be
extraordinary.

It is people, it is people.

**Purpose of Position**

Support adults aged 17+ who have been referred to Green Prescription (GRx) to build their
own skills, knowledge, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing. The roles
responsibility is to prescribe physical activity, nutrition, and lifestyle intervention appropriate
for the client’s ability, long-term conditions, and goals.

**KEY TASKS OUTCOMES**

**Relationship Management **Assist the HLM to develop and maintain networks and
effective working relationships with GPs, PNs, other
health professionals, community activity providers, and
recreational facilities.

In conjunction with the HLM develop and keep current
information and contact details for GPs, PNs, and other
health professionals in the region.

Liaise closely with local authorities, funders, and key
recreational facilities.

Contribute to creating positive awareness of Sport
Otago’s health programmes and physical activity options
within the community.

**Health Promotion **Liaise with HLM to develop and implement effective
promotional strategies to grow the awareness and
utilisation of the GRx programme by GPs, PNs, and other
health professionals.

Promote GRx in Otago by presenting to regional and local
health agencies, community groups, and tertiary
providers.

**Programme Coordination **In accordance with the Ministry of Health GRx guidelines,
prescribe individualised and risk stratified physical
activity advice appropriate to age, fitness levels, abilities,
medical conditions, and home environment.

face-to-face visits.

**Programme Reporting and **Assist in the implementation of effective performance
**Accountability **measurement processes to evaluate the impact of the

GRx programme.

Ensure that all reporting to measure progress and impact
is completed on time and is compliant with Sport Otago’s
reporting protocols.

Maintain appropriate client contact records on the CRM.

Supply appropriate client progress reports to GRx
referrers in accordance with Ministry of Health guidelines.

**Best Practice **Demonstrate and implement best practice processes and
procedures for Sport Otago’s Healthy Lifestyles
programmes and initiatives.

Ensure the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles of
Partnership, Protection, and Participation are
acknowledged and reflected in the implementation of the
Healthy Lifestyles programmes and initiatives.

Ensure all decisions and behaviours are inclusive,
embrace diversity, and demonstrate a commitment to
social justice, equity, and equality.

Mitigate and openly communicate any possible risks
or incidents that have the potential to bring Sport Otago
and/or invested partners into disrepute.

Actively collaborate with the wider Sport Otago team,
establishing a good working knowledge of other
programmes and initiatives, and adding value to these
workstreams via the integration of Healthy Active
Lifestyles programmes and initiatives.

**Person Specification
Relevant qualification and/or experience in the prescription of exercise to improve
health and wellbeing.

Sound working knowledge of health and exercise psychology.

An understanding of the physical activity and recreation sectors, and awareness and
knowledge of community-based physical activity providers.

Knowledge of the systems, struct

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