AddressNew Graduate Oral Health Therapist- Health Professional Officer
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 05 March 2024
Classification: Health Professional Level 1
Salary: $66,285 - $86,842 plus superannuation
Position No: 18691 - 02GBT
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 20 February 2024
Contact Officer: Kristen Korth on Kristen.Korth@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 4163
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Scholarships for education support
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates subject to the hiring managers approval
About the Role: Oral Health Services is in the Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) and offers a range of public dental services to the community including:
- Child and Youth dental services to all children under the age of 14 years who live in or attend an ACT school.
- Young people under the age of 18 with access to a Services Australia - issued Pension Concession or Health Care Card.
- Adult dental services for ACT residents who are the primary holder of a Centrelink-issued Pension Concession or Health Care Card.
Services include:
- Preventative dental interventions and health promotion
- Emergency dental care
- Restorative and prosthetic dental care
- Some orthodontic interventions for eligible clients
Services are delivered in the community as well as:
- Gungahlin Health Centre
- Belconnen Health Centre
- Civic Health Centre
- Phillip Health Centre
- Tuggeranong Health Centre
- Alexander Maconochie Centre
- Mobile Dental Clinic
The Dental Therapist/Oral Health Therapist position is a clinical role and is responsible for the provision of Oral Health therapy services to clients of the Oral Health Services. The position may also include participating in the various outreach programs to the Canberra Community.
The successful applicants will receive education and support through a New Graduate program. This program will support New Graduates to launch their careers in healthcare and develop their professional identity. The program provides graduates with individual support to optimise learning and career opportunities. New Graduates will have onsite access to a clinical supervisor, and mentors who will work with them and support them to grow their clinical and professional skills.
The successful applicants will be employed as a full-time Health Professional Level 1 Oral Health Therapist and be afforded opportunities to rotate sites to enhance individual learning and experiences. On successful completion of the New Graduate program, allocation into a permanent HP2 will be based on an internal merit process and preferences.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- 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)
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied Health Professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
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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