Oral Health Therapist

healthAbility; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Supportive and welcoming team culture

Job summary

healthAbility in Melbourne seeks an oral health clinician to deliver high-quality care across clinic and outreach settings, collaborating with dentists, oral health therapists, dental assistants, and other health professionals.

You will hold a Bachelor of Oral Health, be registered with AHPRA, hold a Radiation Use Licence, and have a Victorian Driver's Licence; you can work independently or in a team and contribute to health promotion and service development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Oral Health and current AHPRA registration.
• Current Radiation Use Licence and Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Experience in public or community oral health settings is desirable.
• Experience with priority populations and diverse client groups is valued.
• Experience mentoring or supporting developing clinicians is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality oral health care within your scope of practice.
• Assess, plan, and provide treatment for eligible clients.
• Participate in oral health promotion and prevention programs.
• Work collaboratively with dentists, oral health therapists, dental assistants and other health professionals.
• Support positive patient experiences and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Work flexibly across sites and community outreach programs.
• For Level 2 applicants, opportunities exist to mentor less experienced clinicians.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Independent work

Education

Bachelor of Oral Health

AHPRA registration

Radiation Use Licence

Victorian Driver's Licence

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Who are we?

healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.

Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.

Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual’s needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

• Supportive and welcoming team culture
• Opportunity to work across clinic and outreach settings
• Diverse and rewarding client base
• Opportunities to develop your clinical and professional skills
• Meaningful work that improves the health and wellbeing of the community
• Salary packaging benefits

Depending on your experience and scope of practice, you will:

• Deliver high-quality oral health care within your scope of practice
• Assess, plan, and provide treatment for eligible clients
• Participate in oral health promotion and prevention programs
• Work collaboratively with dentists, oral health therapists, dental assistants, and other health professionals
• Support positive patient experiences and contribute to quality improvement initiatives
• Work flexibly across sites and community outreach programs
• For Level 2 applicants, opportunities exist to mentor less experienced clinicians and contribute to service development.

About You

You will possess:

• Bachelor of Oral Health
• Current AHPRA registration
• Current Radiation Use Licence
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to public oral health and person-centred care
• Broad clinical experience across both paediatric and adult oral health care
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Experience using electronic clinical record systems.
• Extended scope qualifications are desirable, but we welcome applications from clinicians at all career stages, including graduates.
• Experience in public or community oral health settings
• Experience working with priority populations and clients with additional needs
• Experience mentoring or supporting developing clinicians
• Current CPR and/or First Aid certification