Oral Health Therapist

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time

Location: Nepean Hospital

Position Classification: Oral Health Therapist Level 1

Remuneration: $ $43.27 per hour

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ606356

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.

Ready to launch your career in oral health? Join NBMLHD 12-Month New Graduate Oral Health Therapist Program. This is an immersive, professionally guided experience designed to help you build confidence, refine your clinical skills, and transition seamlessly into practice.

Throughout the program, you'll benefit from ongoing professional development and dedicated mentorship from experienced clinicians in general dentistry and orthodontics. As a New Graduate Oral Health Therapist, you'll be supported in delivering high-quality dental care to the eligible population of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to grow, learn, and make a difference. Apply now and take the first step toward a future filled with impact and professional excellence.

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 oral health therapy student anticipating graduation at the end of the current year with a qualification eligible for full, unlimited registration as an oral health therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Effective verbal communication skills, including the ability to establish 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 paediatric dental therapy and extended scope oral health therapy. Your listed referees must be relevant to this point
• 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 Oral Health Therapists may be required to undertake a practical assessment and would be recruited based on the outcome of the interview, assessment and reference checks

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