Dementia Consultant

**Dementia Support Australia**is**looking for health and aged care professionals to join our**growing**team.**

**Do you**
- Love supporting and upskilling staff and families?
- Have e xperience working with people living with dementia?
- Have knowledge in the clinical, environmental and psychosocial issues affecting behaviour?
- Solve problems in a creative yet practical way s ?
- Communicate c lear ly and concise ly, both verbally and in writing?
- Adapt easily to new databases and technology?
- Want to work in a supportive organisation with a national team of skilled, experienced, and friendly dementia professionals?

**If**this sounds like you, then we need to talk**

**The**Role**

This role is offered as a **Fixed Term Full-time contract up until November 2027 with the potential to be ongoing**. As demand grows, we’re expanding our services to support more people living with dementia across Victoria. **Our team offices**are located in**Yarraville and Malvern, and we welcome applicants who may be based a little further from these locations, as flexible working options are available.**

**Benefits**
- Market leading remuneration
- Salary packaging; $15,900 annually for living expenses, plus up to $2,650 each year for entertainment benefits.
- Flexible hybrid work arrangements in a friendly workplace with an emphasis on work life balance
- Additional training & career development opportunities
- Leave benefits - purchased additional annual leave
- Reward and Recognition Program
- Fitness Passports: Full facility access can include gyms, group classes and pools for yourself and your family.
- Free independent and confidential counselling sessions and free wellbeing resources and webinars available through our Employee Assistance Program in multiple languages.
- Exclusive discounts at MyCar ; Servicing, Brakes, Repairs, and Tyre Care Plans
- Exclusive commercial discounts for JB HI-FI and The Good Guys

**Responsibilities**
- Support families, caregivers and clinical staff to understand how dementia impacts each individual.
- Equip carers and clinicians to prevent and respond to behaviour changes through modelling, coaching, and development of resources including behaviour support planning.
- Be able to synthesise information, through observation and written documentation to provide recommendations that are relationship centred and informed by evidence based best practice.
- Develop reports that are contextualised to individual situations and people, that effect change on the ground and improve quality of life for people living with dementia.
- Undertake a range of assessments that help to understand the holistic experience of the person and their care network.
- Work in partnership with the broader Dementia Support Australia to build capability across the home and aged care sectors.
- Contribute to research, projects and programs and work innovatively to meet the changing needs of the sector
- Work on other projects and assignments as required and in line with areas of skill, expertise and knowledge.

**What we need from you?**
- Experience in Australian health, hospitals or aged care (community or residential ).
- K nowledge of the types of dementia, their presentation, and strategies to manage behaviour changes.
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills.
- Be relatable and able to share knowledge in a way that support change at all levels
- Ab le to prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Great written communication and report-writing skills.
- Comfortable working with databases and online client management systems.
- A current Australian driver’s licence and willingness to travel, including regional and overnight travel.
- Enjoy working autonomously with the support of network of experts
- Q ualifications in Allied Health, Nursing, Aged Care, Dementia or Mental Health (highly desirable).
- All short-listed applicants will be asked to consent to a criminal record check and provide evidence of vaccinations