Clinical Director - Oral Health Services - Dentist Level 4

Clinical Director – Oral Health Services – Dentist Level 4

• A key leadership role with exciting opportunities
• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• An attractive remuneration package

CHS is a vision and values-led organisation. Our values guide our day-to-day actions, behaviours, decisions and communications to successfully deliver the best services to meet the needs of our community. They were developed by us, for us and are unique to our work.

Position Overview

CHS’ Oral Health Services (OHS) currently provides a range of public dental services to children, young people and adults who are eligible for the service. Services are provided at five Community Health Centres across the ACT, and are also provided at a correctional facility, into schools, nursing homes, and other identified sites via three Mobile Dental Clinics. The range of dental services includes preventative dental interventions, health promotion, emergency dental care, restorative dental care, prosthetic dental care, and some orthodontic interventions.

The Clinical Director is an integral position and will provide clinical and professional leadership and have highly developed clinical skills and knowledge of local, and national Oral Health care systems including current and emerging issues concerning Oral Health. The Clinical Director will work closely with the Director of OHS to lead service improvement and innovation through high-level clinical management. This also includes working with the Director, and senior clinicians to develop and progress plans and strategies for the OHS (I.e: service promotion; design, development, and implementation of service models; and service enhancements).

Benefits

Medical Practitioners employed at CHS enjoy excellent conditions. Our Enterprise Agreement is available at https://www.health.act.gov.au/careers/come-and-work-us/enterprise-agreements

Remunerations and benefits for this position include:

• Up to $55,000 in reimbursement of relocation expenses for permanent and long-term appointments
• Medical Education Expenses allowance reimbursement up to $19,782 per annum
• Generous leave provisions, including up to 4 weeks training/education leave and up to 5 weeks annual leave per annum
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions

Why Canberra?

With more restaurants and cafés per capita than anywhere else in Australia, there is always somewhere new to tempt your tastebuds.

If the outdoors is more your scene, there’s mountains, snow, and surf all right at your doorstep. Canberra is so much more than politics, so if you’re considering a change in scenery, the ACT has a lot to offer.

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How to apply or want to know more?

All applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system and must include a copy of a current CV, and a response to the selection criteria.

For more information about this role and how to apply, please click here to see the Position Description.

If you have any questions, please contact: Kireet Taneja, Director OHS

Email: *************@act.gov.au

Phone: (02) 5124 1***, 0481 475 ***