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Job Title:

INJURY PREVENTION CONSULTANT, TFT

Posted Date:

2026-04-17

Closing Date:

2026-04-30

Functional Discipline:

CORPORATE

Job Description

VACANCY DETAILS

VACANCY NUMBER: 43113AC

JOB TITLE: INJURY PREVENTION CONSULTANT, TFT
STATUS: TEMPORARY FULL TIME
DEPARTMENT: WELLNESS AND HEALTH PROMOTION
LOCATION: CORPORATE
HOURS OF WORK: 75 HOURS PER PAY PERIOD

POSTING DATE: 17 April 2026
CLOSING DATE: 30 April 2026

UNION: NON UNION
WAGE RANGE: $51.020 TO $60.004 PER HOUR

Join Our Extraordinary Team at Niagara Health!
Niagara Health is a regional hospital system with multiple sites and a growing network of community based and virtual services. We believe every person in our region deserves to live every day of their life in the best health possible and are committed to transforming hospital care in Niagara.

Your Role:
Reporting to the Manager, Wellness and Health Promotion, the Injury Prevention Consultant supports a range of injury prevention and workplace safety initiatives, including, but not limited to contributing to the coordination and ongoing enhancement of Niagara Health's Safe Patient Handling Program. This role collaborates with clinical and non-clinical teams to promote safe, consistent, and evidence-based patient handling practices, reduce workplace injury risk, and support employee wellness, recovery and sustainable work practices.

Key Responsibilities:
o Deliver training and provide ongoing support to employees and leaders to ensure safe, consistent and effective patient handling practices across all clinical areas
o Provide education on topics including, but not limited to mobility assessments, general patient handling guidelines, safe lifting, transferring and repositioning techniques
o Support the development of safe and sustainable return-to-work plans in collaboration with Employee Health and Abilities, leaders, staff and union partners
o Complete Physical Demands Analyses (PDA) and Cognitive Demands Analyses (CDA) to support accommodation, return-to-work, and injury prevent initiatives
o Perform ergonomic assessments for both clinical and non-clinical staff and provide recommendations to reduce risk or injury and improve workplace safety
o Act as a subject matter expert and resource to leaders and staff on safe patient handling, ergonomics, and injury prevention practices
o Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying trends, risks, and opportunities related to workplace injury prevention and employee wellness

Qualifications:
o Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology or a related field
o Registration in good standing with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario or membership with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO) would be considered an asset
o Demonstrated experience working within a healthcare or clinical environment
o Strong applied knowledge of biomechanics, particularly as it relates to patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention
o Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality customer service in a patient-centred environment
o Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with sound judgment and critical thinking
o Ability to apply problem-solving and decision-making skills in dynamic clinical or operational situations
o Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and as part of an interprofessional team
o Flexible, self-directed, and able to manage workload with minimal supervision
o Experience working with geriatric and/or bariatric patient populations would be considered an asset
o Experience with providing education or training is preferred
o Valid Ontario Driver's License and access to a vehicle

Why Niagara Health?

At Niagara Health, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative environment that puts people first and values your contributions. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where every team member has a positive experience, feels valued, respected, and empowered to make a difference.

Questions, quoting the job posting number, may be directed to hrrecruit@niagarahealth.on.ca

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At Niagara Health, we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all people. We are especially interested in hearing from you if you are excited about being part of a respectful and hard-working team in the beautiful Niagara Region, have a passion for service and excellence in healthcare, have a background or related expertise in the healthcare environment, supporting patient care and providing extraordinary customer-service.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Niagara Health will provide accommodations through the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

At Niagara Health, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. As a part of this work, we collect information on Ontario Human Rights Code grounds and non-Code grounds in order to: hire and retain diverse talent, prevent and/or address systemic barriers to access and opportunity, improve service delivery and programs and advance diversity and inclusion overall. All identification questions are optional and include a "prefer not to answer" option.

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