Dementia Advisor

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Mercy Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 20402

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
The Dementia Advisory role is a full time opportunity where no two days are the same. Utilising your clinical and care management experience, you will work with clients and their representatives to develop individualised care plans that will provide specialised care to clients with dementia as well as providing support, education and advice to direct care staff caring for clients with dementia.

**ABOUT YOU**:
To be successful, you will have extensive knowledge of dementia care and CHSP funding guidelines, demonstrated assessment and care planning skills and previous experience managing complex client’s needs within a community, aged or disability setting. A relevant qualification in Allied health or Nursing is essential.

**ABOUT US**:
Mercy Health Home Care Services provides community aged care and disability services to keep people happy, healthy and independent at home. Established in 2006, we are part of Mercy Health, a catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000 year tradition of caring for others, that is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide a range of healthcare services across Australia.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

Mercy Health is committed to the safety of all children and vulnerable people across our services. We recognise the importance of listening to the voice of children and vulnerable people and have a zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:
Mercy Health recognises that many people want to work somewhere that is more than ‘just a job.’ With a values based culture, Mercy Health offer a generous range of benefits to support you to maintain a healthy work/life balance. These include:

- Salary packaging benefits
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Health and Wellbeing programs
- Camp Australia School Holiday Program
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- A range of discounts available across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services

We focus on caring for our staff members and those important to them.

Mercy Health is committed to public health and safety measures that protect the health and lives of our people and the individuals and communities we serve. As a Catholic organisation we believe in the principle of the common good and as such we expect our staff to participate in immunisations/vaccinations to safeguard the most vulnerable.

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process please contact us on the details below.

**CONTACT DETAILS**:

- Leonardo Pepi