Dentist, Oral Health Service, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health

About us :   The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role :

• Provide high quality general practitioner oral health services to both adult and paediatric patients in fixed and mobile facilities located in hospital, community and school environments.
• Actively participate and work cooperatively and effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in quality and service delivery and improvement activities including but not exclusive to Performance and Development, Accreditation and other Quality activities, within scope of practice at the local service delivery area.
• Facilitate education and professional development of members of the oral health team.
• Liaise / interact with other members of oral health team, Hospitals and Community Health Services, and where possible, collaborate with other private and government agencies in oral health issues.
• To utilise and ensure compliance with contemporary human resource management practice and principles including workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti- discrimination requirements.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to :

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation / government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?