Do4 - Dental Service Officer

**Job no**: 879924
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Dental
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Division of Surgical Services, Dental Department - North Adelaide (5006)**:

- **Salary - $** **201,732.00 pro-rata - Part Time 0.8FTE - 12 Month Contract - DO4**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join as a **Dental Service Officer** in a **part time temporary basis until October 2025**.

You will be responsible to ensure a safe, effective, efficient and quality paediatric dental service to the outpatients of the Women’s & Children’s Hospital and affiliated agencies.

Encourage and support teamwork and coordination amongst staff for optimal clinical service outcomes and develop a strategic approach to the planning and evaluation of Paediatric Dental services. Maintain a program of quality and safety improvement through continuing professional development, department meetings and departmental audits.

**About You**

To be eligible you must have registration as a Dentist and a Dental Specialist with the Dental Board of Australia.

You will have to demonstrate significant experience in the clinical care of paediatric patients with complex oral presentations.

You should have experience in providing supervision to staff and teaching and guiding junior staff and students.

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

**About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job Ref: 879924**

**Enquiries**

Kelly Oliver

Position: Unit Head - Paediatric Dentistry

Phone: 81617379

**Application Closing Date**: Sunday 6 October 2024 -** 11:55pm**

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**Advertised**: 27 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 06 Oct 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time