INJURY PREVENTION COORDINATOR

Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc.•Fort Defiance Agency, AZ

About The Position

The Injury Prevention Coordinator creates and coordinates an Injury Prevention Task Force focused on elder falls, working in collaboration with health promotion, public health nursing, and wellness and fitness leadership. The role develops and maintains relationships with tribal and organizational leadership, FDIHB departments, community partners, and task force members, and establishes the task force’s purpose, goals, procedures, objectives, scope, benchmarks, protocols, policies, communications, and membership. The coordinator facilitates task force meetings, monitors participation and activities, reports results, and develops a sustainability plan for the grant-funded program. The role obtains a master certification in an evidence-based practice within one year of training, facilitates related trainings, coordinates community classes, and periodically travels to communities and other functions to support classes and injury prevention initiatives. The position maintains program information and evaluation data, works with the Wellness Department on participant assessment data, and develops marketing and evaluation plans and data collection tools. It also participates in funder calls, meetings, trainings, and site visits; prepares TIPCAP federal grant and continuation applications; submits progress reports; and administers grant funds in accordance with federal requirements. Grant administration includes monitoring and reconciling expenditures, confirming budgets with Finance, supporting audits, and communicating program changes to the supervisor and funder as necessary. Other duties may be assigned. Applicants must have a valid, unrestricted, insurable driver’s license. Resumes and references are required. Applicants are also asked to email a current certificate of Indian blood (CIB), driver’s license, high school diploma, and college degree or transcripts. Navajo/Indian preference applies: qualified enrolled members of the Navajo Nation receive primary preference, and members of other federally recognized tribes receive secondary preference.

Requirements

Three years of work experience in healthcare and/or prevention.
Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Valid, unrestricted, insurable driver’s license.
Resumes and references are required.
Email a current certificate of Indian blood (CIB), valid insurable driver’s license, high school diploma, and college degree or transcripts.
Qualified enrolled members of the Navajo Nation receive primary hiring preference; members of other federally recognized Indian tribes receive secondary preference.

Responsibilities

Create, recruit, and assemble an Injury Prevention Task Force to address elder falls in collaboration with designated health and wellness leaders.
Develop and maintain positive relationships with tribal and organizational leadership, FDIHB departments, community partners, and task force members.
Define the task force’s purpose, goals, operational logistics, objectives, scope, benchmarks, protocols, policies, communication plan, and membership.
Facilitate task force meetings, monitor attendance and events, observe activities, and report results to the Health Promotion Disease Prevention Coordinator.
Develop a sustainability plan with the task force for continuation of the grant program after the grant period ends.
Obtain a master certification in an evidence-based practice within one year of training and facilitate trainings for FDIHB staff and community partners.
Coordinate with trained facilitators and program partners to schedule evidence-based community classes.
Travel periodically to communities and other functions to facilitate classes, attend tribal injury prevention initiatives, and observe program activities as needed.
Maintain a folder on FDIHB’s shared drive for program information, evaluation data, and program results.
Work with the Wellness Department to collect, summarize, and report participant assessment data.
Develop a marketing campaign with the Marketing team to promote prevention awareness and recruit program participants through print and social media.
Develop and maintain an evaluation plan covering data collection, baseline, timelines, outcomes, and progress monitoring.
Create a data collection plan and necessary evaluation tools, such as surveys.
Participate in required funder conference calls, in-person meetings, trainings, and site visits.
Prepare the TIPCAP federal grant application and continuation applications.
Submit required progress reports on time.
Comply with federal grant administrative, cost, and audit requirements and attend training to support ethical grant administration.
Monitor, approve, reconcile, and review grant expenditures and ensure costs comply with federal requirements.
Confirm with the FDIHB Finance team that accounting-system grant budgets reflect the Notice of Award.
Assist the Finance team in preparing for internal and external audits.
Oversee programmatic changes and inform the supervisor and funder as necessary.
Perform other duties as assigned.