About the role
As an Oral Health Therapist with Metro North Oral Health Services, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred oral health care to eligible Queensland Health patients across community and hospital-based settings. Working within a multidisciplinary team of Dentists, Oral Health Therapists, Dental Therapists and Clinical Assistants, you will provide preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic oral health services that improve the wellbeing of children, young people and the broader community.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:
Deliver quality clinical services across a variety of caseloads in a community or hospital setting in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement and problem-solving skills to more complex clinical decision making and matters beyond routine practice, with clinical practice supervision or professional guidance decreasing commensurate with level of clinical experience.
Work cooperatively and effectively within SDS and with patients/clients.
Actively participate in the clinical environment to ensure that oral health services are integrated, efficient and equitable for the community serviced.
Actively participate in the identification, development, and implementation of quality improvement activities for the delivery of oral health services within the local service area.
Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health
Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
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