Skip to main content

Table 2 Types of Positions Responsible for Delivering NAPA Services under direct supervision by Managers (FTE))

From: Workforce capacity to address obesity: a Western Australian cross-sectional study identifies the gap between health priority and human resources needed

Type

Job Description

% (n = 43)

FTE

% FTE of Total Nutrition Workforce

Specialist Workforce

Community/Clinical Dietitians

32.6

18.4

8 %

Community Dietitians

20.9

13.9

Public Health Nutritionist

16.3

6.2

Clinical Dietitians

7.0

2.5

Nutrition Co-ordinators

9.3

4.0

Population Health Nutritionist

2.3

1.0

Community Nutritionist

0

0

TOTAL Specialist FTE

 

46.0 FTE

Generalist Workforce

Aboriginal Health Workers

62.7

88.0

92 %

Nurses

48.8

371.0

Health Promotion Officers/Project Officers

44.0

25.0

Diabetes Educators

46.5

21.2

Project Officers

13.9

12.0

CVD Coordinators

4.6

2.0

Chronic Disease Co-ordinators

4.6

2.0

Health Advancement Officers

2.3

0.6

Research Officers

2.3

1.0

Secondary Prevention manager

2.3

1.0

Early Intervention Staff

2.3

1.0

Liaison Officer

2.3

1.0

TOTAL Generalist FTE

 

525.8 FTE

Department of Health Head Office

Project Officers

 

7.1

 

TOTAL FTE

  

578.9 FTEa

 
 

Job Description

% (n = 36)

FTE

% FTE

Specialist Physical

Health Promotion Officer

58.3

43.5

 

Activity Workforce

Physical Activity Co-ordinators

8.3

2.5

14 %

TOTAL Specialist

 

46.0 FTE

 
 

Community Physiotherapists

50.0

38.0

 
 

Nurses

44.4

152.0

 
 

Aboriginal Health Workers

36.1

54.0

 
 

Project Officer

22.2

14.0

86 %

 

Chronic Disease Co-ordinators

12.5

8.0

 

Generalist Physical

Public Health Nutritionists

11.1

3.6

 

Activity Workforce

Community Dietitians

11.1

6.0

 
 

Diabetes Co-ordinator

11.1

4.0

 
 

Therapy Assistant

8.3

3.0

 
 

Clinical Dietitians

5.5

2.0

 
 

Researcher

5.5

2.0

 
 

Occupational Therapist

2.8

1.0

 
 

Population Health Nutritionist

-

-

 
 

Community Nutritionist

-

-

 
 

TOTAL Generalist

 

287.6

 

Department of Health –Head Office

Physical activity project officer

 

1.5FTE

 
 

TOTAL FTE

 

335.1 FTEb

 
  1. a 2 managers unable to estimate FTE
  2. b 2 managers unable to estimate FTE