Office and branch staff

Kath Sanderson is the Auckland branch coordinator.  She has a background in health, administration and event planning.

Kath works Monday – Thursday 9 am till 2.30 pm.

 

 

Kath’s role as the branch co-ordinator includes:

• general administration duties
• organising monthly committee meetings
• maintaining up to date contact details of CF Auckland members
• organising and administering the CFNZ voucher system
• organising hospital gift packs
• purchasing and delivering equipment and maintaining equipment records
• event planning (eg fundraisers, awareness week, Auckland marathon)
• applying for grants
• writing the monthly e-news
• updating and administering the CF Auckland Facebook page.

 

Northern Field Worker:  Gretchen Kitching

 

Gretchen is the Northern field worker, covering Northland, Auckland and Waikato. Gretchen works Monday to Thursday and is based at the Auckland office. She has a strong background in the health and disability sector – her first job was with the Cerebral Palsy Society at the age of 16. She is a trained social worker and she has previous experience working at the Liver transplant unit.

 

Gretchen’s role as the fieldworker includes:

• working with health professionals understand the psychosocial needs of patients with CF, and their families
• monitoring, evaluating and advocating for people with CF
• connecting patients with CF and their families to resources
• helping families affected by CF expand and strengthen their network of social support
• increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency
• accessing health care resources
• developing treatment plans for non-compliance or non-adherence
• assisting with applications to access health benefits provided by WINZ and MOH (eg carer support)
• visiting families admitted to hospital
• home visits
• assisting with equipment testing (eg nebulisers).