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SalaryAt Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, support your career development and offer a range of apprenticeships, and cover the cost of your Blue Light Card so that you can enjoy a wide variety of retail and leisure discounts.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly qualified dementia specialist to join Avery Healthcare as the Head of Dementia Services.
About the role
Reporting directly to the Director of Quality you will be leading a small team of memory care specialist practitioners. You will work with colleagues from different departments across the organisation in providing subject matter expertise in all aspects of contemporary relationship-centred dementia care. A confident practitioner, with the ability to and skill to transfer knowledge into practise, you will be joining a fast-paced working environment with national travel and remote working to meet the needs of our 102 services as we are embracing new ways of working including the use of AI to enhance the quality of life of our residents.
Other responsibilities include
•To Develop and support the implementation of person centred, effective memory care systems and practises across the group utilising data, and the resident experience to monitor effectiveness
•To Develop, deliver and implement a whole organisational dementia strategy
•Work with colleagues to demonstrate effective care systems and a positive approach to memory care through the delivery of training and coaching
•Provide expert advice and knowledge build upon a whole home approach to person cantered dementia care with a focus on community engagement and relative inclusion and support
Other responsibilities include
•To Develop and support the implementation of person centred, effective memory care systems and practises across the group utilising data, and the resident experience to monitor effectiveness
•To Develop, deliver and implement a whole organisational dementia strategy
•Work with colleagues to demonstrate effective care systems and a positive approach to memory care through the delivery of training and coaching
•Provide expert advice and knowledge build upon a whole home approach to person cantered dementia care with a focus on community engagement and relative inclusion and support
