Dental Officer

Build your dental career with Queensland’s largest public oral health service and make a lasting impact in the community.

Join a supportive team delivering high-quality oral healthcare across a diverse range of community and clinical settings.

About This Role

Your new role:

As a Dental Officer with Metro South Oral Health, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred dental care while contributing to the ongoing development of oral health services across the region.

• Deliver a broad range of general dental services to eligible adult and child patients in accordance with contemporary clinical standards.
• Promote oral health and provide professional support and advice to Oral Health Therapists, Dental Therapists and other clinicians.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the delivery of safe, effective patient care.
• Support the education and supervision of final-year dental students and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

About You

You are a motivated and patient-focused dental professional who is committed to clinical excellence and delivering positive health outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, evidence-based dental care and respond effectively to patient needs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with patients, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to identify and resolve clinical issues, contribute to service improvements and support organisational goals.
• Commitment to professional development, teamwork and maintaining high standards of patient safety and care.

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What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Community And Oral Health Services

• Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.
• We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

INTEGRITY \| COMPASSION \| ACCOUNTABILITY \| RESPECT \| ENGAGEMENT \| EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are

better together

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.