Join a world-first tech startup to reinvent dementia care and advance outcomes
Why
Dementia is Australia’s second leading cause of death and impacts 1 in 10 Australians, who are either living with dementia or care for someone who is. Despite strong recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and numerous research findings highlighting the gaps in quality dementia care, professionals are unable to deliver the care our partners, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunties and friends need.
This is because they simply don’t have the time nor the ability to navigate their clients through the complex dementia journey in an equally complex care system.
What we do?
We are the world’s smart first digital dementia guide that enables professionals to deliver best practice care easier and with confidence, whilst saving them time, reducing stress and reducing risk (learn more here).
As a social enterprise and passion project, we work towards ensuring all people impacted by dementia are supported and are able to live well with dementia.
We also play a pivotal role in bringing innovation to a sector that has lagged behind. As a result, we have won numerous grants with wide industry recognition (learn more here).
Key responsibilities
To grow our impact, you will be working with the CEO on various projects, such as:
partnering with care and service providers to understand their dementia care gaps
helping them to close that gap through innovative thinking, including how My Dementia Companion can help
supporting their workforce to onboard and embed My Dementia Companion in the workflow.
You will also support the team to gather feedback and insights from users to improve My Dementia Companion, materials and other strategies as required, so more people impacted by dementia care are supported.
Benefits
This opportunity offers many unique benefits and rewards:
make highly scalable and meaningful impact that has never-been-achieved in an area that is so desperately in need of innovative solutions
leave your mark and shape the future of this high impact, fast growing and extremely unique startup
work with senior members of dementia and aged care stakeholders in government, research and industry
have a front row seat on our journey to improve dementia care nationally and globally
be challenged and stimulated to grow personally and professionally as an early stage team member
work with an extremely dedicated, smart and supportive team of talented individuals
develop a wide network in the aged care and dementia care sector
flexible work arrangements and competitive market rates.
Who are we looking for
We are looking for a highly motivated and mission driven individual with a passion to improve dementia care in Australia and globally. You have:
A minimum 3 years of practical dementia care experience health or aged care
Project management experience
Grit, willingness to learn and adapt, able to think outside the square, and able to go above and beyond to challenge the status quo to improve care
Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to build strong and impactful relationships with senior stakeholders to shape care for the better
Ability to influence positive change highly desirable
Management and commercial experience are highly desirable.
You could be a clinical professional wanting to widen your skills or a corporate professional who wants to work in an innovative startup, as long as the above sounds like you, reach out!
Commitment
Initial arrangement is flexible and we will work with you to ensure suitability (e.g. fixed 2 days a week or flexible project based). The intention is to grow this into a full time permanent role as we grow to help the 2M Australia and 200M+ people around the world impacted by dementia, and millions of professionals working to support them.
Contact
If you are moved by our mission, please contact us here with a paragraph or two about yourself and your experience.
For the right candidate, we can work with you and your employer to find an arrangement that works for you.
You can also learn about our CEO here.