Clinical Director - Oral Health Services - Dentist Level 4

Job Description - Clinical Director - Oral Health Services - Dentist Level 4 (02GYA)

Job Description

Clinical Director - Oral Health Services - Dentist Level 4 (

Job Number: 02GYA ) Description

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Classification: Dentist Level 4

Salary: $168,761.00 (Plus 11.5% Super)

Location: Community Health Centres, ACT

Section: Oral Health Services

Closing Date: 6 May 2024 What can we offer you:  •  City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra .

•  Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital. 

•  Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

•  Flexible working conditions. 

•  11.5% Superannuation.

•  VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates.

•  Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role: CHS' Oral Health Services (OHS) currently provides a range of public dental services to children, young people and adults who are eligible for the service. Services are provided at five Community Health Centres across the ACT, and are also provided at a correctional facility, into schools, nursing homes, and other identified sites via three Mobile Dental Clinics. The range of dental services includes preventative dental interventions, health promotion, emergency dental care, restorative dental care, prosthetic dental care, and some orthodontic interventions.

The Clinical Director is an integral position and will provide clinical and professional leadership and have highly developed clinical skills and knowledge of local, and national oral health care systems including current and emerging issues concerning oral health. The Clinical Director will work closely with the Director of OHS to lead service improvement and innovation through high-level clinical management. This also includes working with the Director, and senior clinicians to develop and progress plans and strategies for the OHS (I.e: service promotion; design, development, and implementation of service models; and service enhancements).

Duties: 1. Provide high-level clinical, and professional leadership, and management to all the clinical and prosthetic services teams in the OHS.

2. Provide clinical operation and workflow management for the OHS including best practice for central clinical rostering.

3. Maintain highly developed, appropriate, and contemporary clinical skills, and participate as an active member of the clinical team.

4. Assess, plan, evaluate and report on the outcomes of clinical service provision to ensure exceptional quality of care, efficiency, and effectiveness to meet the needs of consumers, and to achieve service objectives and performance measures.

5. Develop and implement professional development initiatives, and continuing education programs with an oversight of the clinical education, training, and professional development needs of OHS clinicians.

6. Manage OHS clinical governance to ensure compliance with relevant local and national healthcare directives, legislation, policies, and procedures. This includes CHS accreditation, quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives, and credentialing and scope of practice requirements.

7. Provide advocacy, and representation of OHS and CHS at relevant internal/external forums, and facilitate the development of strong partnerships with internal/external stakeholders

8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation

For more information about this position and how to apply, please click here to see the  Position Description . If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please contact: Kireet Taneja, Director OHS

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