Job Opportunities in Australia

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Division of Surgical Services, Dental Department
• Classification DO1 - Dental Registrar L1 - $113,720 to $138,575 pro rata
• Part time 0.6 FTE - Term Contract (temporary up to October 2025)

About the Opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Surgical Services, Dental Department team as a Dental Registrar, where you will be responsible for:

• Provide safe, effective, efficient, and quality dental services for inpatients and outpatients at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital and affiliated agencies.
• Offer after-hours “first on-call service” for the paediatric dental service as directed.
• Maintain comprehensive clinical records, including documentation for significant patient management decisions.
• Monitor and maintain quality outcomes through adherence to clinical review program standards.
• Conduct specific topic clinical audits in consultation with the Dental Unit Head.
• Offer comprehensive information to help patients and families make informed treatment decisions and understand follow-up care.
• Be responsive to patient and family complaints, addressing concerns promptly and effectively. Show knowledge and commitment to patient rights and responsibilities in all aspects of healthcare provision.
• Provide systematic presentations of specific case reports as directed by the Dental Unit Head.
• Ensure a continuing education program within the department by contributing to and supporting teaching sessions. Assist in the development and implementation of research projects within the department.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Provide consultancy and advisory services to management and staff at all levels, ensuring integrity and confidentiality in handling sensitive issues.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a diverse audience on sensitive and complex matters.
• Work independently and under limited direction to meet deadlines and achieve agreed outputs, managing demanding and competing priorities.
• Develop and implement innovative policies, practices, and procedures to support the achievement of organisational goals.
• Problem solving and decision making at both organisational and individual levels and capable of meeting position expectations and requirements.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary setting and skilled in relating to a diverse range of people, while having strong leadership and motivational skills.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas. Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.
About Us
The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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Special Conditions
To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.
Immunisation Requirements Checklist
Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries
Paula Bertram
Manager, Administrative Services
Paula.bertram@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 7 November 2024 at 11:55pm

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