Dementia Manager

LDK Seniors’ Living vision is for every senior Australian to be treated with Love, Decency & Kindness in their ageing journey. Our core values of Love, Decency & Kindness underpin our culture and guide every aspect of everything we do for our residents and our team members. All LDK villages combine the best part of retirement living and aged care to deliver our unique One Move Promise – our guarantee that once our residents call LDK home, they will never have to move again.

About Amberfield

LDK Seniors' Living’s newest premium village, Amberfield, is located on Cotter Road in Weston, in Canberra’s inner south. It is a short driving distance to Yarralumla, Curtin and Woden town centre. Amberfield will feature 370+ homes, comprising of apartments, sky villas, and villas. LDK’s range of community activities will promote well-being and provide an exceptional and fulfilling senior living experience so residents thrive at every stage of life. This is underpinned by the assurance of a full range of care options, from independent living to 24/7 high-level care, including dementia support. Residents will enjoy resort-style living, with first-class amenities on-site including a restaurant, cafe, bar, greengrocer, theatre and beauty salon. along with a wellness centre offering a gym, indoor pool, and private health consultation rooms. Thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces include a dog park and eco park.

About the Role

We're seeking a confident individual who can oversee the coordination of care services for our village residents living with dementia at LDK Seniors' Living. As Dementia Manager (Lead), you'll be supporting and motivating your team to make a positive difference, initiating quality improvement in dementia care while upholding the LDK values of Love, Decency and Kindness. You'll strive to ensure flexibility and individualised care towards our residents, with a focus on independence and enablement.

If you're interested in building partnerships with care professionals externally and internally and leading a pathway to innovation and successful dementia care, this may be the role for you

Role Responsibilities:

- Identifying and addressing the clinical, health and social care needs of residents living with dementia, ensuring independence and choice.
- Lead with a positive and calm demeanour, while training and mentoring others accordingly.
- Be responsible for incident and complaint reporting and management.
- Manage ongoing reviews and assessments of residents, liaising with allied health, General Practitioners, and Nurse Practitioners.
- Manage family discussions, and multidisciplinary meetings where required.
- Lead staff through clinically relevant engagement and psychosocial support strategies for the person living with dementia.
- Coordinating aged care assessments through ACAT/MyAgedCare and navigating Commonwealth funded programs.

Our Employee Value Proposition

LDK villages have established a reputation of being ‘truly happy places’ for residents. We know that this can only be achieved if our team feel connected, respected and valued. When you join LDK, you will be joining a for-purpose, values-led, people-first organisation that empowers and invests in our employees to develop, nurture and grow individual professional capability. You will work in a friendly, open and welcoming environment.

- Onsite staff parking, cafes and restaurants available including a free daily Coffee or Tea
- Retention bonus
- Employee referral bonus
- Novated Leasing options
- Great retail discounts with stores including JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, K-mart, Woolworths and more
- Access to Comm-Bank Workplace Banking
- Continuous professional development and promotional opportunities
- Working in a supportive and welcoming environment with a culture driven by our organisational values.

Qualifications/Certificates/Professional Experience

- Registered nurse with current AHPRA registration.
- Demonstrated experience working in Dementia Care.
- Experience in the community care sector/with home care packages
- Aged care nursing experience (Desirable)
- Experience in a team lead or management position (Desirable)

How to Apply

People who join LDK inherently possess and practice LDK values in their daily life. They have a desire and passion to apply these values toward a fulfilling purpose of caring for older people and want to work together with a team that are highly committed to the LDK vision.

If this sounds like you, and LDK sounds like the place you’ve been looking for, we would love to hear from you.Please click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts. Applications for this role will close at 11.59pm 30th September 2025. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity.

We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those from diverse cultural backgrounds. We encourage all applicants to visit our website athttps://ldk.com.au/ . Kindly email people@ldk.com.au if you have any questions.

Our Vision

LDK Seniors’ Living's vision is that all seniors in Australia willbe treated with Love, Decency and Kindness on their ageingjourney. We live, breathe and play by our 3 core values of Love,Decency and Kindness every day. We are proud that every aspect ofour business revolves around these values and our vision to createa senior living option truly worth of Australian seniors, with a‘one move’ promise.

Our employees are valued members of the LDK Family, whether theyare a Registered Nurse or Personal Carer, a Cleaner,Administrator, or a Cook for our residents in our kitchen. Ourongoing commitment is to support and foster their growth anddevelopment, so together we deliver the best possible outcomes forour residents.

Please, only consider employment with LDK Healthcare if you feelas strongly about our vision and our values as we do.

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