Dental Technician - Senior, Oral Health Services, Medical Services - Cairns

An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Senior Dental Technician to join the Oral Health Services team in Cairns. This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and be part of a world-class, dynamic, and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline (PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local Health Services.

About you:

You are a qualified Dental Technician with demonstrated advanced level of knowledge, expertise, and skill in the given technical domain and demonstrated ability to provide technical advice within the specific area to a variety of clients regarding technical standards and service delivery.

Your opportunity:

As a Senior Technical Practitioner, you are required to in a particular technical domain, perform complex and diverse technical tasks and engage in independent decision making and judgement on a day-to-day basis with minimal supervision in the provision of quality Dental Technician work.

Your role:

• Participate in quality and service delivery and improvement activities including but not exclusive to Performance and Development, Accreditation, and other Quality activities, within scope of practice at the local service delivery area.
• Maintain the dental laboratory and equipment in a safe and hygienic condition.
• Ensure infection control standards are met as a member of the multidisciplinary dental team.
• Utilise, and ensure compliance with contemporary human resource practice and principles including workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination requirements.
• Work in other Oral Health facilities outside of Cairns within the Cairns and Hinterland Oral Health Service, if required.
• Professional reporting to Dental Technician Advanced in Cairns Oral Health Service.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )