Position details:

The role of the Nurse Unit Manager- Specialised Dementia Care Program is to work with the Director of Nursing Gibson Street Group (DON) to deliver care services in the Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. The SDCP unit and program offers temporary care with a goal to stabilise and reduce a person’s behavioural symptoms with a planned supported transition into a less intensive care setting once behaviour has stabilised.

Key Responsibilities:

Take management responsibility for the SDCP unit, providing clinical leadership, staff support, quality care, reporting, rostering, performance management, and ensuring compliance with Aged Care standards, while promoting resident rehabilitation and dignity in a person-centered environment.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: 

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Interested?

We’d love to hear from you!  Please ensure that you attach a cover letter, up-to-date copy of your resume and address each of the 10 key selection criteria questions.

Need more information? Please contact Suzie McNamara on 0436 128 143 for a confidential discussion.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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