Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Area Direct Oral Health Clinical Service Level 2
Remuneration:$243,696 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ692602
Location: Newcastle
Applications Close: Thursday, 24th September 2026

Clinical Director Oral Health Service
Hunter New England Local Health District

Lead the Future of Public Oral Health

Hunter New England Oral Health Service is seeking an experienced and motivated leader to join our executive leadership team as Clinical Director. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of public oral health services across one of Australia's largest and most diverse health districts. Working in partnership with the District Manager Oral Health, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership to a geographically dispersed workforce, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality and patient-centred oral health services to our communities.

About the Role

As Clinical Director, you will provide qualified leadership across the Oral Health Service and play a key role in driving clinical excellence, innovation and service performance. You will lead clinical governance, workforce development, quality improvement and strategic service planning while maintaining a strong focus on patient outcomes, access to care and sustainable service delivery. This senior leadership position combines executive-level responsibilities with the opportunity to maintain clinical practice and influence the future direction of public oral health across Hunter New England.

Key Responsibilities

You will

- Provide strategic clinical leadership across the Hunter New England Oral Health Service
- Lead clinical governance, patient safety,



quality improvement and accreditation activities.
- Partner with the District Manager Oral Health to deliver organisational priorities and Ministry of Health performance targets.
- Drive workforce planning, recruitment, retention and professional development strategies.
- Lead initiatives that improve patient access, patient flow and service efficiency.
- Provide expert advice on complex clinical matters, incidents, complaints and risk management.
- Foster a culture of excellence, accountability, innovation and patient-centred care.
- Build strong partnerships with universities, Aboriginal Medical Services, private practitioners, community organisations and other key stakeholders..

About You

We are looking for an accomplished dental practitioner who can demonstrate: Extensive clinical experience and advanced competence in general dentistry, including management of complex cases.
Proven senior leadership experience within a clinical service environment.
Strong clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety expertise.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing workforce performance.
A demonstrated ability to deliver strategic change, service improvement and innovation.
Knowledge of public oral health services and NSW oral health priorities.
Outstanding communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship‑building skills.




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Requirements

Registration with the Dental Board of Australia.

Eligible to drive in NSW with a current unrestricted NSW Drivers Licence and willingness to travel for work purposes

Additional information

- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time vacancies.
- To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description 2) Find out more about applying for this position For role related queries or questions contact Nathan Mulley on *************@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most Hunter New England Health employees and may increase your take‑home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via *********@salarypackagingplus.com.au or 1300 40 25 23

Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefitssuch as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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📌 Clinical Director, Oral Health Service (New South Wales)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 New South Wales