Minimum Qualifications/Experience Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with abachelor's degree in public health, nursing, social work, or other comparable discipline andexperience equivalent to two years of full-time increasingly responsible professional publichealth, nursing, social work or another related field. OR licensed practical nurses with fiveyears or more work experience working in a healthcare, home health, or community healthsetting.Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework in publichealth, community organizing, social work, nursing, or other related fields may besubstituted for the required non-specialized experience on a year-for year basis.Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time experience in publichealth, nursing, social work, or other related fields may be substituted for the requirededucation on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years. Individuals with personalexperience caring for those with dementia or working in a setting where they came in closecontact with persons with dementia or caregivers are encouraged to apply. Job Overview Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for promoting dementia friendlyconcepts, offering community memory screenings, educating the community aboutAlzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) and caregiving, promoting earlydetection and diagnosis, advancing access to services, and enhancing community-clinicallinkages. Work ActivitiesCommunicating with Persons Outside Organization:1. Fosters relationships with community partners to offer those with ADRD andcaregivers community resource navigation.2. Provides the community with educational materials, presentations, memoryscreenings, and resources to reduce dementia, support caregivers, and createdementia friendly environments.3. Actively works with health care providers to educate them regarding early ADRDdetection, diagnosis, available community resources and the importance of creatingindividualized care plans. 4. Provides community members, those with ADRD, and caregivers with evidencebased educational materials and interventions.Processing Information:1. Compiles information/reports on available funding opportunities to support localactivities for those with ADRD and caregivers.2. Appropriately maintain and secure client information, follow-up with client successand barriers to care, and ensure referrals are streamlined and appropriate.3. Monitors and tracks program success, number of individuals served, satisfaction ofclients being served, and number of those being reached through educationalprogramming.4. Fosters and tracks the expansion and development of community partnerships thatfocus on dementia risk reduction or serving those with ADRD or caregivers.5. Assesses barriers to care and services in the community for those with ADRD andcaregivers and tracks progress in addressing these barriers.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:1. Maintains expertise in evidence-based practices related to dementia risks, ADRD,and caregiving.2. Utilizes existing data sources to make decisions regarding program delivery andcommunity outreach.3. Attends mandatory and optional training opportunities to understand the latestresearch and community resources available.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:1. Communicates regularly with co-workers, and/or supervisors at a state, regional,and county level to ensure consistent program operation.2. Provides co-workers with opportunities for collaboration with the dementianavigator and external partners to ensure those with ADRD and caregiver areappropriately served.3. Provides effective communication to supervisor by telephone, email, verbally, etc.Maintain and Protect Personal and Financial Information:1. Ensures HIPAA compliance of those being directly served through the DementiaNavigators program by ensuring data is appropriately stored and protected.2. Maintains and tracks financial expenditures and budgetary documents in-line withstate and county financial and procurement requirements.Competencies (KSA's) Competencies:1. Decision Quality2. Problem Solving3. Organizing4. Process Management5. Independence6. Perseverance7. Presentation Skills8. Written Communications9. Approachability10.Customer FocusKnowledge: 1. Communications and Media2. Customer and Personal Service3. Education and Training4. Mathematics Skills: 1. Active Learning2. Active Listening3. Critical Thinking4. Learning Strategies5. Monitoring6. Reading Comprehension7. Speaking8. Writing9. Instructing10. Systems Evaluation Abilities: 1. Fluency of Ideas2. Oral Comprehension 3. Oral Expression4. Written Comprehension5. Written Expression Tools and Equipment Used 1. Computer2. Telephone3. Fax Machine4. Copy Machine5. Printer6. Scanner7. Other Office Equipment as needed - See more at:assSpecID=1130508&viewOnly=yes#sthash.vSxK1PrZ.dpuf Background Verification Minimum Verification Requirements Please complete the following verifications with Info Cubic upon candidate's selection. Additional verifications may be identified by the agency. TN Package with TN Counties
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Break Out Invoice By Breakout Invoice By Classification Type Category Qualification Description Competency Required Skills Others Active Listening No Skills Others Computer literacy No Skills Others Cooperation No Skills Others Coordination No Skills Others Critical Thinking No Skills Others Emotional Intelligence No Skills Others Ethics No Skills Others Interpersonal Skills No Skills Others Judgment and Decision Making No Skills Others Maintaining Confidentiality No Skills Others Organizational Skills No