UCLA Health

Dementia Care Assistant

UCLA Health  •  $43.49/hr  •  Onsite  •  1 month ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Posted Date
04/23/2026
Salary Range $30.36 - 43.49 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
30155


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Make a positive impact on one of the nation’s top health systems. Take your professional expertise to the next level.


This position supports the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program (ADCP) by working closely with Dementia Care Managers (DCMs) to coordinate patient care, data management, and follow‑up activities. The incumbent manages and maintains program data, documents care activities in the electronic medical record, and communicates professionally and compassionately with patients and caregivers by phone and email.


The role includes scheduling appointments, conducting needs assessments for patients with lower acuity levels, identifying families in crisis, and connecting patients and caregivers to appropriate community resources. The incumbent reviews and processes patient documentation, supports data analysis and reporting, and collaborates with DCMs to ensure accurate patient acuity assignments. Regular meetings with the supervising DCM support coordinated care planning and continuous program improvement.


Salary: $30.36 - $43.49 hourly


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Demonstrates proficiency with computer skills (MS Office Suite), document scanner and other software
  • Oral and written communication skills to obtain and to convey information clearly, concisely and accurately.
  • Able to apply care management protocols to patients/caregivers, as appropriate.
  • Ability to analyze and relay potential concerns to Dementia Care Manager, as appropriate
  • Interpersonal skills to effectively develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with faculty, administrators, students and with elderly patients.
  • Ability to understand and to adhere to University and UCLA Health policies and procedures, especially as it pertains to patient and family confidentiality.
  • Attention to detail, in order to accurately enter and manage database for ADCP
  • Ability to identify and to prioritize based on needs assessment from information provided.

Preferred:

  • Bachelors degree


As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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