Senior Dentist
Oral Health are looking for a Senior Dentist to join their team.
Summary about this job
Government - State
Company: Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service
Location: Gold Coast
Work type: Full Time
Salary: $125 244 - $138 477
Phone: +61-2-8475-3440
Fax: +61-2-4674-1866
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Detail information about job Senior Dentist. Terms and conditions vacancy
The Role
An opportunity has become available for a Senior Dentist to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 9000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to over 550,000 people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region.
You will take responsibility for
- Managing children and adolescent oral health service facilities and staff within Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (GCHHS)
- Managing community, hospital and mobile dental clinics and clinical staff within GCHHS when required
- Providing clinical dental treatment and education to eligible patients to manage, treat and prevent dental disease
- Providing management of clinical staff members including dentists, prosthetist, dental technicians, dental assistants, dental and oral health therapists
- Ensuring that resources and equipment are utilised in such a way as to maximise efficiencies, approving the appropriate ordering for the facility in collaboration with the Principal Dental Officer of Oral Health Services and ensure the efficient management of allocated financial and other resources, including monitoring and reporting on financial performance, service activity
Requirements for the role
- It is a condition of employment in this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) and hepatitis B
- Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or one of the following boards below. Certified copies of relevant qualification and registration must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/manager, prior to the commencement of clinical duties
- Possession of a Queensland radiography user licence for intra-oral radiography
- This position requires the incumbent to operate a government vehicle and an appropriate licence endorsement to operate this type of vehicle is required (Queensland ‘C' Class licence)
- Credentialing is a process that recognises an individual dentist's expertise and verifies and assesses their qualifications. If applying to work as a Dental Officer you will have to apply for recognition of your qualifications via the GCHHS credentialing application process. This process allows dental officers to demonstrate accountability and responsibility for their practice including the following as per national registration standards:
- Recency of Practice (within the last five years)
- Documented Professional Development (over the last 12 months)
Benefits
- Career Development
- Leave loading
- Mentoring
- Salary Packaging
- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
Salary information
- Permanent full time
- Base salary ranging from $125 244 - $138 477 per annum
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% leave loading
About Gold Coast Health
- Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
- Annual operating budget exceeding $1.3 billion
- More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Day and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
- Acute and sub-acute care in hospital and community settings
- Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle [link removed]
About Oral Health
GCH is committed to attracting the right people for our organisation. To help us with this we have developed a Core Capability Framework which defines the skills and behaviours required to perform successfully as an organisation.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button to review the Role Description and submit your application by Friday, 27th July 2018.
Job Ad reference: GC282078
Please note: no third party applications will be accepted.