Working with Northern NSW Local Health District, you can play a part in delivering quality care to our region.

Our health service values the essential role our staff play in delivering innovative ways to respond to the health needs of our patients and clients.

Our staff live and work in some of Australia’s most sought-after destinations, where work/life balance is not a buzzword, it’s a reality!

Employment Type:
Requisition ID: REQ

What you'll be doing

Northern NSW Local Health District is seeking a Specialist General Dentist to provide care for eligible public oral health patients across the Northern Rivers region.

Why you should consider applying

We can offer you:

- Diverse career pathways
- Professional and personal development
- Help with further study and education
- Flexible and supportive work environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce
- Challenging, inspiring and rewarding roles, and
- The opportunity to make a difference!

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high-quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high-quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

Relocating to the region?

Tweed Valley Hospital is a major referral and teaching hospital located in the heart of the network of hospitals and health facilities across the Tweed-Byron region also including Murwillumbah District and Byron Central Hospitals. Tweed Valley Hospital opened on 14 May 2024. The new facilities include:

- more operating theatres and recovery spaces
- expanded emergency department




- enhanced medical, surgical and mental health services
- enhanced ambulatory care services including more outpatients clinics
- new interventional cardiology service
- new radiotherapy service as part of a new integrated cancer care service.

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomexperience

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

- Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
- Growth – access to professional and personal development
- Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Northern NSW Local Health District embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.
For help with your application to this role

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia.

A current valid NSW Working with Children Check is a requirement of this position.

Selection Criteria





- Eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority (AHPRA) with demonstrated competence in providing dental care with a special interest in a relevant field within the clinical scope of practice requirements.

- Demonstrated commitment to continuing self-education and professional development in the relevant field of special interest, including evidence of participation in continuing professional development

- Demonstrated effective communication skills (written and verbal), clinical skills, judgement and expertise, teamwork, time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting

- Proven skills and attitudes appropriate for practice as a Senior Dental Practitioner including modelling of a high standard of qualified behaviour to junior dental staff

- Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of public sector dentistry, service performance and accountability

- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management

- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, education and/or mentoring junior dental staff and the dental team

- Valid unrestricted drivers’ license for use in NSW/Australia and willingness to travel in the course of employment

Need more information?

For role related queries or questions contact Maria Nilsson on [email protected]

Applications Close: 14 October 2026

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day

Enquiries about this position from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. Candidates interested in this position must make their own enquiries and submit their own application.

For assistance with your application please refer to the Clinician Guide to applying in eCredential

NSW Health does not require or accept the Fit2Work Badge offered as an option in eCredential

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