Regional Leader, Dementia Behavior Support Program

HammondCare; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HammondCare is seeking a Regional Manager to lead the Dementia Support Australia behaviour support program, guiding services that support people living with dementia through changes in behaviour. This role offers national program exposure and professional growth within a mission-driven organisation.

You will oversee delivery, governance, stakeholder partnerships across state and Commonwealth government, aged care and acute care sectors, while mentoring local leaders to ensure service excellence

Qualifications

• Commitment to HammondCare's Christian Mission, Motivation and Mission in Action.
• Tertiary qualifications in Nursing / Allied Health or health-related degree.
• Desirable evidence of study and/or qualifications in dementia.
• Relevant professional registration or membership, desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting older people and carers living with dementia with psycho-social approaches to case management.
• Senior level experience in multi-disciplinary/multi-site environment including budgeting, systems thinking, IT systems experience.
• Strong ability to manage, motivate and develop a team with others.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• High level communication and interpersonal skills between industry and government.
• Strong planning and organising skills with the ability to prioritise deadlines.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good customer management skills for delivery of services to HammondCare and external customers.
• Strong administrative and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Empathy and patience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, capable and aligned leadership for the DSA service utilising HammondCare's Mission and Mission In Action.
• Establish and maintain clinical supervision, governance and behaviour management systems as part of a national team, with a local and borderless service delivery ethos.
• Ensure the service meets its administrative, financial, risk and quality and reporting goals of the DSA program through a team-based approach.
• Significant stakeholder engagement during with key stakeholders in State and Commonwealth Government, the aged care sector and acute care sector leadership teams to provide details on the program, ensuring smooth partnerships for service delivery, problem solving as needed and ongoing engagement during program delivery.
• Supporting Team Leaders to manage stakeholder engagement at the service level through local management in aged care and hospital settings.
• Support the National Program Manager, Team Leaders and Clinical Lead to develop strategic plans for each State or portfolio and be part of the solution to continuous improvement of service delivery.
• Manage and motivate the service delivery team and ensure they are service and missionally aligned.
• Leadership on the utilisation of data management and reporting systems and ICT platforms to support and enhance service delivery.
• Provide high levels of service quality through clinical supervision, governance and behaviour management role modelling.
• Support the National Management structure to provide line management and clinical governance to DSA.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & quality systems

Data management & reporting

Budgeting & financial acumen

Team development & coaching

Communication & negotiation

IT systems proficiency

Education

Nursing / Allied Health or Health-related degree

Tools

IT systems

Data management systems

Job description

HammondCare is seeking a Regional Manager to lead the Dementia Support Australia behaviour support program, guiding services that support people living with dementia through changes in behaviour. This role offers national program exposure and professional growth within a mission-driven organisation.

You will oversee delivery, governance, stakeholder partnerships across state and Commonwealth government, aged care and acute care sectors, while mentoring local leaders to ensure service excellence