Community Dementia Navigator

Job OverviewDementia Navigators connect caregivers and individuals living with dementia to community resources and clinical support, helping them remain safely at home as long as possible. Responsibilities include promoting dementia-friendly practices, providing memory screenings, educating about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), encouraging early detection, improving access to services, and strengthening community-clinical partnerships. Based in Henry County, this role serves Henry, Benton, and Decatur Counties, with some travel across Tennessee.Key ResponsibilitiesCommunicating with Persons Outside the Organization:Builds relationships with community partners to connect individuals with ADRD and caregivers to resources. Delivers educational materials, presentations, memory screenings, and resources to reduce dementia risk, support caregivers, and promote dementia-friendly environments. Collaborates with health care providers to promote early ADRD detection, diagnosis, resource awareness, and individualized care plans. Distributes evidence-based educational materials and interventions to the community, individuals with ADRD, and caregivers. Processing Information:Identifies and reports funding opportunities to support local ADRD and caregiver activities. Maintains secure client information, tracks client outcomes and barriers to care, and streamlines referrals. Monitors program success, tracks individuals served, client satisfaction, and educational outreach. Develops and tracks partnerships focused on dementia risk reduction and support for individuals with ADRD and caregivers. Assesses and tracks community barriers to care for individuals with ADRD and caregivers. Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:Stays current on evidence-based practices in dementia risk, ADRD, and caregiving. Uses data to inform program delivery and outreach. Participates in ongoing training to stay informed on research and resources. Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:Communicates regularly with team members and supervisors at all levels to ensure program consistency. Facilitates collaboration with co-workers and external partners to ensure effective support for individuals with ADRD and caregivers. Communicates effectively with supervisors through multiple channels. Maintain and Protect Personal and Financial Information:Ensures HIPAA compliance by securely storing and protecting client data. Manages and tracks financial records according to state and county requirements. Minimum Qualifications/ExperienceEducation and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in public health, nursing, social work, or other comparable discipline and experience equivalent to two years of full-time increasingly responsible professional public health, nursing, social work or another related field OR licensed practical nurses with five years or more work experience working in a healthcare, home health, or community health setting.ORSubstitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework in public health, community organizing, social work, nursing, or other related fields may be substituted for the required non-specialized experience on a year-for-year basis.ORSubstitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time experience in public health, nursing, social work, or other related fields may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years. Individuals with personal experience caring for those with dementia or working in a setting where they came in close contact with persons with dementia or caregivers are encouraged to apply.Competencies (KSAs)Competencies:Problem SolvingOrganizingProcess ManagementIndependencePerseverancePresentation SkillsWritten CommunicationsApproachabilityCustomer FocusKnowledge:Communications and MediaCustomer and Personal ServiceEducation and TrainingMathematicsSkills:Active Learning and ListeningCritical ThinkingLearning StrategiesMonitoringReading ComprehensionPublic SpeakingStrong Writing SkillsInstructingSystems EvaluationProficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OutlookAbilities:Fluency of ideasOral ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionTools and Equipment Used:ComputerTelephoneFax MachineCopy MachinePrinterScannerOther Office Equipment as neededSince 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area.Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects.Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.iTech Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.