Dental Officer

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (up to 08/01/2027)

Location: Nepean Hospital

Position Classification: Dental Officer Level 1

Remuneration: $ $67.23 per hour

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ606376

Application Close: 25/09/2025

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed

and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Our District's Oral Health (Dental) services are provided to eligible patients at the following locations: Nepean Centre for Oral Health, Blue Mountains Hospital Dental Clinic, Hawkesbury Dental Clinic, and the Lithgow Hospital Dental Clinic. The team offers public dental services including diagnosis, restorative and preventative treatments, pain relief and dentures.

Launch your dental career with confidence through the 12-Month New Graduate Dentist Program which is designed to help you grow, thrive, and excel. This immersive experience offers hands-on mentoring from senior clinicians across general dentistry, oral surgery, endodontics, and orthodontics, while building your clinical skills in a supportive, real-world environment. By the end of the program, you'll emerge as a capable and confident practitioner, ready to deliver high-quality care to the Nepean Blue Mountains community.

Apply now and join a program that invests in your growth, sharpens your skills, and sets you up for success.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.

What you will bring to the role

• Final year dentistry student anticipating graduation at the end of the current year with a qualification eligible for full, unlimited registration as a dentist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Effective verbal communication skills, including the ability to es-tablish and maintain positive interpersonal communications and to maintain professionalism at all times
• Demonstrated proficiency in written communication
• Interest in the principles of public sector dentistry and oral health promotion
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality dental services within the scope of general dental practice. Your listed referees must be relevant to this point
• 6.Ability and willingness to provide dental services at different locations across the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
• Post interview if short-listed, New Graduate Dental Officers may be required to undertake a practical assessment and would be recruited based on the outcome of the interview, assessment and reference checks.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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