AddressDental Technician
Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency
Closes: 03 July 2024
Classification: Health Professional Level 2
Salary: $70,679 - $97,028 plus superannuation
Position No: 24082, several - 02C5B
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 21 July 2023
Contact Officer: Melodie Lutz on Melodie.Lutz@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 1280
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
POSITION OVERVIEW
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: www.canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au
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:
- Gungahlin Community Health Centre - Six dental chairs
- Belconnen Community Health Centre - Eleven dental chairs
- City Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs
- Phillip Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs; and
- Tuggeranong Community Health Centre - Five chairs.
- Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC)
- The Canberra Hospital
- Calvary Public Hospital
- Calvary John James Hospital
- Mobile Dental Clinics -
- Nursing home mobile dental clinic
- School mobile dental clinic
- 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.
ABOUT YOU
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 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Questioning (LGBTIQ) are particularly encouraged to apply.
Behavioural Capabilities
- Strong organisational skills with a high degree of drive
- Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients' needs
- Well-developed critical thinking and self-reflection skills
- Promote a commitment to high quality customer service principles, practices and attributes
- High level of professionalism
Position Requirements/Qualifications:
Mandatory
- Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent) in Dental Technology or equivalent.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
Desirable
- Two years' work experience as a qualified Dental Technician.
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
Prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Obtain a Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit) relating to assessment, screening, and vaccination processes against specified infectious diseases.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Working with vulnerable people (WWVP) registration (act.gov.au)
Note: These are temporary position available for six months with the Possibility of Permanency.
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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 community
Our 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.
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Note
These are temporary position available for six months with the Possibility of Permanency.
