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Are you a skilled and experienced Oral Health Therapist looking for meaningful oral health work?
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Are you passionate about working with the local community to enhance oral health?
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Would you love to work on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula with the beach on your doorstep?
Take advantage of this exciting opportunity as we grow our clinical team to better support the oral health needs of our community. Apply now or reach out to us to chat and you could soon be joining our friendly and supportive dental team.
Bellarine Community Health is currently recruiting for an Oral Health Therapist – 0.6 FTE (3 days/24 hours per week).
The Position Description is available here: PD Oral Health Therapist 2024
About us
Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is the major provider of primary health care services to the Bellarine Peninsula. BCH is a not-for-profit health care provider with close links to our community operating from five sites – in Drysdale (two sites), Ocean Grove, Point Lonsdale and Portarlington and in community settings across the Bellarine. BCH delivers a broad scope of health services and wellbeing programs for all people in our diverse communities.
About the team
We are a professional, supportive and friendly team of Dentists, Oral Health Therapist, Oral Health Educators, Prosthetist and Dental Assistants. We are accredited and committed to providing a high quality, personalised service based on patient’s needs. Our dental service provides general and emergency dental care, providing care to both public and private patients at an affordable cost and offering an inclusive dental pathway for patients with Autism or mild Intellectual Disability.
Our dental service is based at our Point Lonsdale site in a modern state of the art facility and provides outreach in community settings such as schools and pre-schools. We operate Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm.
About the role
The Oral Health Therapist role involves:
- Providing high-quality general dental care to patients in the Community Health clinic and outreach settings, including Smile Squad.
- Providing oral health assessments, develop personalised treatment plans, and play an essential role in educating patients about their oral health
- Delivering a patient-centred approach
- Supporting the delivery of excellent oral health care for our community
- Working collaboratively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
About YOU:
- AHPRA registered Oral Health Therapist.
- Current Radiation Licence.
- Demonstrated clinical work experience in general dentistry within applicable scope.
- Excellent diagnostic skills and proficiency in a wide range of dental procedures.
- Strong commitment to patient care and education.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of the dental team.
- A passion for clinical excellence and the provision of high-quality care.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.
- Commitment to professional development.
What we offer
To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued, we offer the following:
- Generous salary packaging benefits – you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home
- Living Expenses capped at $15,900 annually (includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, and rental payments)
- Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650
- Find out more about salary packaging by clicking here
- Fantastic work/life balance with no overtime
- A supportive, positive and inclusive workplace culture and ongoing training in the role
- Generous leave arrangements including annual leave and parental leave
- Discounted gym membership at seven sites across the region
- Rural allowance
- Online induction and onsite orientation
- Employee assistance program: up to 5 counselling sessions per year
Conditions of Employment
- A current National Police Check
- A current Working with Children Check
- A current Victorian Driver’s Licence
- Immunisation status clearance – Hepatitis B, MMR, Pertussis and Varicella
How to Apply
To find out more about these opportunities, please contact Robyn Bastiaan, Dental Health Manager on 0439 365 043 or via email at [email protected].
The Position Description is available here: PD Oral Health Therapist 2024
Applications must include cover letter, response to key selection criteria, application form (via the BCH website), and resume in PDF format. Please submit your application to [email protected] today – applications are being assessed as they are received with final applications closing at 5.00pm on Thursday 31st October 2024.
Bellarine Community Heath is an inclusive employer. We are a family friendly workplace and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, ability, family and caring responsibilities, gender or gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity.
Bellarine Community Health is committed to protect children and reduce any opportunities for abuse or harm to occur.
Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wathaurong people as the Traditional Custodians of the Wadawurrung land on which our sites are located and across which we provide services and programs for the diverse community. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds to our service.