Snswlhd - Dental Officer Level 3 - Cooma Clinic - Northern Cluster - Dental Officer Rural Incentive Scheme Allowance. Apply Via Ecredential

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Location**: Cooma
**Position Classification**: Dental Officer Lvl 3
**Remuneration**: $156,682 - $164,252 Per Annum
**Hours Per Week**: 22.05
**Requisition ID**: REQ615947

**Applications Close**: 16 November 2025**

**Come and join us at Southern**

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the state, from Goulburn and Crookwell to the Victorian border, and surrounds the ACT on three sides, a total of 44 537sq kms. It extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains.

Southern NSWLHD comprises of 2 Networks - Inlands centred around Goulburn, Monaro, Queanbeyan and Cooma, AND Coastal centered around Bega, Batemans Bay and Moruya in the far south-east corner of NSW and the Integrated Care Network.

**About the service**

Dental Officer - Deliver Quality Oral Health Care in Our Rural Communities
Are you committed to improving oral health outcomes and providing high-quality clinical care?
At Southern NSW Local Health District, our Dental Officers play a vital role in delivering general and emergency dental services to patients of all ages. Working in modern clinics across our rural and regional communities, you’ll provide diagnostic, preventive, and restorative treatments while contributing to oral health education and outreach.
Join a supportive team and make a meaningful impact—help us create healthier smiles across Southern NSW.

**Where you'll be working - Cooma**

Cooma Community Health is co-located with the hospital on the corner of Victoria and Bombala Streets. Clients are registered/referred via the Central Intake Service. Community health services encompass aboriginal health; nurse lead women, children, family and general services; aged care services such as the aged care assessment team (ACAT), transitional aged care assessment program (TACP) and dementia care team; oral health; drug and alcohol; mental health for children, adolescents and adults; sexual health; cancer care; outreach renal clinic, palliative care; and allied health services such as physiotherapy, social work, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech pathology and dietetics. Many community allied health services are provided in the hospital.

Cooma is a thriving pastoral hub of the Snowy Mountains, situated in southeastern NSW on the unique Monaro plains, a naturally treeless landscape and “ home to native grasslands, plants and animals not found anywhere else in Australia” (Monaro Grasslands Guide: Department of Environment and Energy).

This rural town is the place to stop, enquire and discover the hidden gems of our Snowy Monaro region. Cooma is the largest town in the Snowy Monaro region with a passionate community of arts, history and nature enthusiasts. There is so much to see with museums, galleries including the award-winning Charles Davis Photographic Gallery, unique bushwalking and mountain bike trail

**Support For**:

- Working withing SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- A team that values yur expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle.
- Moving to the area? Visit The Welcome Experience | NSW Government

**What you'll be doing**

Provide evidence based clinical care to patients within your scope of practice and regularly manage patients with complex treatment needs at oral health facilities across the local health district.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Dental qualification eligible for registration as a dentist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrate highly advanced skills in managing difficult clinical situations and a proven record of carrying out a broad range of advanced and complex dental procedures.
- A demonstrated understanding of and commitment to a preventative/population health approach to patient care.
- Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality and abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct in line with prescribed NSW Health policies and procedures.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to liaise effectively and sensitively with a wide range of individuals.
- Proficiency in the use of computer systems including electronic patient records and digital imaging.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability and willingness to travel for work purposes. This may involve driving long distances within the Health Service. Evidence of a current Class C drivers licence.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**

This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential