AddressDental Assistant (PN 25871)
Salary: $64,750 - $75,113 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: The Canberra HospitalSection: Oral Health ServicesClosing Date: 21 May 2024What can we offer you:
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City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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11.5% Superannuation.
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Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Oral Health Services (OHS) within the Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) provides adult, child and youth general dental, restorative, special needs, General Anaesthetic (GA), Relative Analgesia (RA), and specialist Surgical and Orthodontic services to the eligible members of the ACT community. The service currently operates from five Community Health Centres and three hospitals across the ACT region, as well as operating within ACT corrective services and from mobile dental clinics as below:
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Gungahlin Community Health Centre – Six dental chairs
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Belconnen Community Health Centre – Eleven dental chairs
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City Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs
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Phillip Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs
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Tuggeranong Community Health Centre - Five chairs
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Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC)
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The Canberra Hospital
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Calvary Public Hospital
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Calvary John James Hospital
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Mobile Dental Clinics
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Nursing home mobile dental clinic
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School mobile dental clinic
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Targeted Access Program mobile dental clinic
OHS is a multidisciplinary program and consists of dentists, visiting oral surgeons, Oral Health therapists, dental therapists, prosthetists, orthodontists, Dental Assistants, laboratory technicians and administrative staff. OHS offers a range of dental services to the eligible members of the community for adult & child and youth dental services, this includes denture services and emergency dental. The services are available Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:00pm at the above listed facilities and Community Health Centres.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
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Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
To Apply:
Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
Please note appointment may be based on written application and referee reports only.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based Health Services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Shirley Lampl at 0468 663 *** or at *************@act.gov.au.
