Specialist Visiting Dental Officer

3 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia Hunter New England Local Health District Full time

**Position Classification: Specialist Visiting Dental Officer in Special Needs**

**Remuneration: As per Award**

**Hours Per Week: 0**

**Requisition ID: REQ377296**
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**Specialist Visiting Dental Officer - Special Needs - Hunter New England Local Health District Oral Health Services**
This position is based in the Newcastle Metropolitan area, approximately a 2 hour drive from Sydney. As part of the role you will work with the Hunter New England Oral Health Service on a sessional basis, providing specialist advice to our clinicians and oral medicine services to eligible patients. Sessions are to be negotiated. This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a growing multi-disciplinary team of general and specialist dental practitioners.

Special Needs Dentistry is the branch of dentistry that is concerned with the oral health care of persons with an intellectual disability, medical, physical or psychiatric conditions that require special methods or techniques to prevent or treat oral health problems or where such conditions necessitate special dental treatment plans.

The core scope of clinical practice for Special Needs Dentistry, providing oral health care to persons with special needs, includes:

- managing complex cases, including those requiring multidisciplinary management
- managing complications
- identifying the need for sedation and/or general anaesthesia and the planning and provision of dental care in these settings
- assessing and managing orofacial pain
- advising other practitioners who are providing oral health care to persons with special needs
- liaising and communicating with carers and community organisations
- advocating for provision of health services for persons with special needs
- managing medico-legal requirements of treating persons with special needs

Special Needs Dentists generally treat adult persons and adolescent persons with special needs transitioning to adult services.
- Eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia as a Special Needs Dentistry Specialist.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated understanding of infection control principles.

Need more information?

For role related queries or questions contact
**Cheryl Hayes**
Senior Manager, Medical Administration, Rural and Regional Health Services
T:02 67637416

**Dr Lanny Chor**
Chief Dentist | Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW
Clinical Director Oral Health | Hunter New England Oral Health
Tel 02 4016 4835

**Applications Close: 16 March 2023



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