Senior - Dentist (Clinical)

Metro North Hospital & Health Service; Caboolture; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

12.75% superannuation

Salary packaging

Annual leave loading for shift workers

Professional development opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

Metro North Hospital & Health Service is seeking a skilled dental practitioner to provide advanced general dental care across Metro North Health facilities in Queensland. The role includes complex extractions and minor oral surgical procedures, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and offering on-demand consultations with internal departments.

You will demonstrate strong clinical leadership, work independently, and support rostering and team operations while delivering evidence-based oral

Qualifications

• Provide high quality general dental practitioner oral health services at various facilities and sites within the Metro North Health catchment area.
• Coordinate treatment in consultation with other health professionals and provide on-demand consultations with internal hospital departments e.g. Emergency Department physicians.
• Advanced clinical skills to provide the full range of clinical procedures within general dental scope of practice, including complicated dental extractions and some minor oral surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate treatment in consultation with other health professionals and provide on-demand consultations with internal hospital departments.
• Provide high quality general dental practitioner oral health services at various facilities and sites within the Metro North Health catchment area.
• Deliver leadership and support rostering across clinical subunits and work with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

General dentistry

Oral surgery

Clinical leadership

Team coordination

Job description

Temporary opportunity to provide advanced general dental care and minor oral surgical procedures, including complex extractions, while coordinating treatment with multidisciplinary teams and internal hospital departments. Delivers high-level clinical advice and communicates effectively with clients, families, clinicians and stakeholders to support efficient, evidence-based oral health services. Demonstrates strong clinical leadership, works independently, and coordinates team operations, including support, direction and rostering across clinical subunits.

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:

• Provide high quality general dental practitioner oral health services at various facilities and sites within the Metro North Health catchment area.
• Coordinate treatment in consultation with other health professionals and provide on-demand consultations with internal hospital departments e.g. Emergency Department physicians.
• Have advanced clinical skills, competence, and experience to provide the full range of clinical procedures within the general dental scope of practice, including complicated dental extractions, and some minor oral surgical procedures.

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

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our 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.