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Join CGH as an Oral Health Therapist! Enjoy flexible EFT while gaining diverse clinical experience in a supportive, community-focused team
About Central Gippsland Health
Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a sub-regional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire. CGH is located in the City of Sale which is 215 km east of Melbourne. The City of Sale is an ideal access point for the magnificent Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach and the Victorian Alps.
CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond. The service provides beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield). Acute services include a full-time emergency department, critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, three operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services in addition to general medical and services and sub-acute services including rehabilitation.
CGH is also a leading teaching hospital, affiliated with Monash University's School of Rural Health and provides placements and clinical experience for students.
About Department
Our Dental Department is based within the grounds of Central Gippsland Health, Sale. Our clinic runs 5 chairs daily, with a very dynamic and diverse team including Dental Therapists, Oral Health Therapists, Dentists and Pros.
About the Role
This position is one of a team of Dental practitioners operating five full time public Dental chairs and is based at the Dental Clinic in Sale. The position holder works closely with other members of the Dental Team to ensure the objectives of the department are met and customer service standards maintained. The position holder contributes to continuous quality improvement. The person in this position will work in a collaborative manner with the broader health service teams, general practitioners, clients and patients. Effective liaison with external related agencies and service providers is also warranted.
The position holder will support other Dental practitioners, Dental staff and appropriate student placements. Capacity to participate and contribute to service developments and improvements. This position will provide appropriate general dental services to patients/clients eligible for Victorian public dental services with a focus on those living in Wellington Shire.
Duties
Clinical
* Perform examination, diagnostic investigations, treatment planning and treatment of patients in routine clinical situations.
* Ability to provide advice to other dental practitioners with less experience and accept referrals
* Apply a sound understanding of and work within Oral Health Therapist scope of practise
Productivity
* Achieve productivity benchmarks as set by CGHS in accordance with dental program funding guidelines
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
* Bachelor of Oral Health/Bachelor of Oral Health Science or other equivalent Australian Qualification
* Registration with the Australian Dental Board
Salary Packaging– Increase your take-home pay!
Employee Assistance Program
Staff Car Park
Culture of continuous improvement
Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application
All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate and obtaining a Working with Children Check.
At CGH we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive. We value inclusion and diversity and encourage applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Central Gippsland Health Service is the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire. We serve an immediate population of approximately 42,000 in Central Gippsland, and reach a wider community in East Gippsland in terms of more specialised services such as perinatal services, critical care and surgery.
We are unusual being both a sub-regional and an integrated health service, providing a broad range of primary, secondary and tertiary services, including a near comprehensive range of HACC services, through to adult intensive, coronary care and level 2 neonatal care.
The current focus of the health service is to use our integration and break down the traditional program barriers and service delivery silos that have flourished, in order to develop a highly efficient system that responds to people’s needs by placing them at the centre of a service delivery system focused on supporting them to achieve their goals and aspirations, consistent with the principles embedded in the “active service model’.
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