Dental Technician

• Full time opportunity, salary dependent on skills and experience 
• Part time opportunities for the right candidates
• Great opportunity to develop your skills and mentor students
• Salary Packaging options available

At Dental Health Service Victoria, we give our clinical staff the balance they need to achieve their ambitions in both home and work life. Our people are open and collaborative so we can work together to learn on the job and solve complex problems like nowhere else. Sounds like a place you want to be? 

 About the role 

Dental Health Services Victoria have three positions for highly motivated, qualified and experienced Dental Laboratory Technicians to work at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. You will have the opportunity to specialise in your chosen area and will also have the opportunity to provide technical support and supervision to Melbourne Dental School and RMIT students as required.

 We are looking for a Dental Technician who are competent in the following Department;

 Fixed prosthesis/Crown& Bridge/Implant Technician:

 (If you have experience with 3D printers, we would also love to hear from you)

 These roles will suit Dental Technician's with a minimum of 5 year of experience.

You might currently be working in a private or public setting, seeking a new and exciting challenge? Or you may be wanting to try something that is a little different to what you're used to or reduce your hours? You will have access to plenty of professional development and 1:1 support from the team as well as your manager.

You will also have access to the wider hospital network of clinical leaders and the broader Dental Health Services Victoria team to help support you to succeed in this role.

  To be successful in this role you will need: 

• Certified Dental Technician
• In-depth knowledge of dental prostheses, devices, and related technologies
• Experience in constructing, replacing, repairing, and restoring dental devices
• Experience in dental laboratory computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, such as 3 Shape and Emax/Zirconia milling technology.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Build-up and finishing for a range of products in the Fixed Pros Crown & Bridge/Implant Department.
• Technical Consultation and knowledge on dental appliances
• Fabrication of all metal, all ceramic, PFM, Emax and monolithic zirconia crown & bridges
• Fabrication of veneers and casting post & core
• Staining, glazing and layering of crown & bridges.
• Implant Crown & Bridge work
• Quality of work completed
• Good organisational skills to prioritising tasks and meet deadlines.
• An experienced team player who meets and exceeds team goals.
• Self-motivated, positive and willing to learn.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and uphold the integrity of DHSV.

  Why you should be a part of our team?

Our patients come from many different cultures and backgrounds, and treating them is what makes our job so rewarding. One thing is for certain at Dental Health Services Victoria – you will share the pride and satisfaction of putting a smile on every patient’s face.

• Receive mentoring and support from highly experienced Dental Technicians 
• Work within a real hospital environment 
• Salary Packaging benefits and career development pathways with regular one on one MyDevelopment catch-ups with the Director.
• Fantastic Carlton location – great coffee and food right on your doorstep.

If you are interested in this role, please include your time fraction/availability of specific days and hours to work in your application, if you can work full time please specify.

Click HERE for the Position Description

To submit your application, please click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For further enquiries please email careers@dhsv.org.au.  

 Applications close: Wednesday 12th June 2024 at 11:59pm.

We will be reviewing applications as we receive them so please do not hesitate to apply. 

 At DHSV, we have a bold vision and we feel a great sense of responsibility to provide you with an environment where you can grow and feel like you belong. By building a workforce across Victoria that has inclusive representation at all levels, is proactive in tackling inequality and represents the diversity of the patients we care for, we will see meaningful and sustainable change.

 DHSV is committed to child safety and wellbeing and has zero tolerance for child abuse and harm. We provide an inclusive and welcoming environment where cultural safety for children is promoted and practiced.

 DHSV is a public health service and requires employees to be vaccinated in accordance with policies published by the Department of Health and/or public health orders issued by the government. The government requires all healthcare workers (which includes all DHSV employees) to be vaccinated for COVID-19.