Where your career, health and lifestyle can thrive.
Shape healthy smiles and healthier communities across Far North Queensland. As a Dental Therapist/Oral Health Therapist, you'll deliver high-quality care through community, school-based and mobile dental clinics while advancing your career within a supportive and progressive dental service. Enjoy a diverse and rewarding role, build broad clinical skills, and help improve oral health outcomes across the Cairns region.
COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT
About us:
The Oral Health team provides general, specialist and emergency dental treatment to eligible patients within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service area. Oral Health Services comprise of community clinics, school dental clinics and mobile dental vans based within the geographical boundaries of Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Services, including Cairns, Tablelands, Cassowary Coast and part of the Savannah Gulf region. This role will be covering the provision of dental services within the Cairns area, with opportunities for outreach trips.
Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About your opportunity:
In this position you will....
- Deliver quality dental therapy services and oral health promotion (and dental hygiene services for Oral Health Therapists)
to eligible clients under the current Legislative Acts and Code of Practice in accordance with registration requirements of the AHPRA.
- Actively participate and work cooperatively and effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Provide routine professional advice and information and liaise effectively with clients and their families, with members of the multidisciplinary team and with other health professionals, internal and external stakeholders to enable efficient and improved dental services.
- Work in other Oral Health facilities across Cairns and Hinterland Oral Health Services as required.
- Provide clear direction to support staff and practical support for other oral heath staff in their responsibility to provide an effective and effective oral health service.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
What we offer:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
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📌 Dental Therapist or Oral Health Therapist (Cairns)
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Cairns
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