Dementia Lead

About LDK Seniors’ Living

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 looking for a confident leader who can oversee the coordination of care services for our village residents living with dementia at LDK Seniors' Living. Reporting to the Clinical Lead, you'll strive to ensure flexibility and individualised care that is underpinned by a philosophy of independence and enablement. The Dementia Lead supports and motivates others to make a positive difference, initiating quality and improvement in dementia care while upholding the LDK values of Love, Decency and Kindness. 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.

About You

• Be responsible for identifying and addressing the clinical, health and social care needs of residents living with dementia, ensuring independence and choice.
• You have a leadership approach that is positive and calm, with the ability to train and mentor 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.
• Experience with accuracy, efficiency and comprehensiveness of care documentation and audits.

• Manage family discussions, and multidisciplinary meetings where required.
• Lead staff through demonstration of clinically relevant engagement and psychosocial support strategies for the person living with dementia.
• Assisting residents in accessing externally funded care if required.
• Coordinating aged care assessments through ACAT/MyAgedCare.
• Navigating Commonwealth funded Programs.
• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration.
• Demonstrated experience working in Dementia Care as a Registered Nurse.

LDK Benefits

• 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.

Apply now via our website www.ldk.com.au, including your Resume and a Cover Letter that states how your skills and experience meets the role requirements.

LDK has a mandatory vaccination policy in regards to Flu Vaccination and all offers of employment are subject to evidence of such. Successful applicants will also be required to undergo a Police Clearance.