Locum Senior Dentist

Bupa Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance at a senior level

Career pathway to permanent role or **

National locum opportunities

Job summary

Bupa invites applications for a Senior Dentist Locum Relief to backfill health centres across New South Wales and Australia-wide. You will provide clinical leadership, support staffing decisions, and contribute to governance, quality, and safety across diverse health settings.

Applicants must hold Australian registration with AHPRA and have substantial post-graduate experience, including chair-side work. The role offers travel between centres and potential progression to permanent or national

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are expected.
• Strong management skills including leadership, conflict resolution and medical ethics understanding.
• Comfortable in a heavily administrative role and able to mentor and grow internal talent.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership in the Health Centre.
• Advise on staffing levels and supervise clinical staff.
• Rectify unsafe clinical practice or unprofessional conduct.
• Implement and monitor administrative policies with governance bodies.
• Delegate secondary duties such as quality management, infection control and safety.
• Lead staff training and conduct performance appraisals.
• Manage delivery of services against KPI benchmarks and clinical governance standards.
• Collect and report data for quality reviews and incident reporting.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Management

Compliance & ethics

Education

FRACDS or ADF DL3 equivalent

Job description

At Bupa, purpose meets possible. Join us and help shape a future where healthcare is more connected, more personal and more human.

We’re a global healthcare leader trusted by millions and committed to helping people to live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Healthcare is changing, and so are we. We’re investing in more clinics, better systems and smarter, more connected ways to help our customers. As we continue to expand our services and invest in innovation, you’ll help create a healthcare system that meets people where they are, responds to what they need and leaves them better than before.

Here, your work has purpose, your voice matters and your future is full of possibility.

You might think you already know a lot about Bupa. You’ll know we provide health insurance and aged care services across Australia and you’ve probably also seen our dental and optical clinics in your local shopping centres. But what you might not realise is that we also deliver health services to 85,000 Defence Force members and their families across more than 50 locations in Australia.

About the role

As a Senior Dentist Locum Relief with Bupa ADF Health Services you will provide backfill support to the health centres across your state or even Australia wide in order to maintain Health Centre operations during periods of planned leave.

This is a fantastic opportunity for dentists with leadership skills to stretch into a Senior Dentist role, growing your skillset with experience across a variety of Health centres and clinics as well as developing your expertise with changing patient cohorts and clinical environments.

You will balance regular travel (around block assignments) with time based in your home location either supporting local health centres with short-term leave requirements or the ADF Health Services more broadly with clinical support in quality and governance.

While based in one of our Health Centres as a Senior Dentist you will:

• Provide clinical and professional leadership in the Health Centre.
• Advise on adequate staffing levels within department and supervision of clinical staff.
• Rectify unsafe clinical practice or unprofessional conduct within area of responsibility.
• Implement, maintain and monitor administrative policies, procedures and instructions and provide advice through Health Governance Managers and Regional Medical Advisers on policy improvement.
• Delegation of secondary duties/responsibilities including quality management, infection control, work health and safety, equity and diversity, security, and emergency control organisation warden.
• Conduct team meetings and staff training activities, including prepare and present, in the provision of training to other staff members and conduct performance appraisals for ADF, APS and Contractor Personnel working within area of responsibility.
• Manage the delivery of services against benchmark standards and other clinical governance Key Performance Indicators.
• Collect, collate, analyse and report relevant data as required in a timely manner.
• Provide support to the Health Governance Manager and Regional Medical Advisor and/or quality manager in staffing all Clinical Incident reports, health care complaints, reviews and appeals or Quality Management activities.

About you

Please note: You must be an Australian citizen and be able to attain and maintain a baseline security clearance from the Defence security and vetting service.

We’re looking for someone who:

• has excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• works well with both people and details – this role involves interactions with both clinical and non-clinical team members as well as working with lots of legislative frameworks, nuanced processes and compliance activity - so you’ll need to be great at both
• has strong management skills including leadership, conflict resolution and an understanding of medical ethics and medico legal issues
• is comfortable in a heavily administrative role
• Has a genuine commitment to mentor, lead and grow internal talent and champion a meaningful career pathway for our clinicians

You will also require:

• Current unconditional and unrestricted registration as a medical practitioner in Australia with AHPRA
• A minimum of 6 years Full-Time post graduate clinical experience (or part-time equivalent);
• A minimum of 2 years Full-Time post graduate clinical chair-side experience (or part-time equivalent) within the last 5 years;
• Post Graduate Qualifications equivalent to ADF DL3 requirements (Clinical Graduate Diploma or Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS)) or commitment to obtain
• Current First Aid (HLTAID0011) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HLTAID009) certification )) or commitment to obtain

Be at the heart of it with Bupa

This is your opportunity to make a real impact on the health services we provide in support of the Australian Defence Force and help shape the experience of defence members accessing health services and supports in their local Health centre.

You’ll also enjoy all the benefits of working with Bupa in Australia including:

• Business hours role - work/life balance at a senior level
• The opportunity to practice with a unique cohort of patients and rare practice context
• Career pathway into a permanent role or National locum opportunities

For more information email [e-mail]

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Here at Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are committed to building diverse teams that are reflective of the communities we serve and fostering a fair and inclusive workplace free from discrimination, bullying and harassment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants and are dedicated to removing barriers to participation.

To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website: www.Bupa.com.au/careers