Closes: Dec 01, 2025
Become a part of an exciting opportunity as Senior Dentist with Allied Health Services. You will manage the Cassowary Oral Health Service by providing overall management, clinical leadership and quality general practitioner Oral Health Services with efficiency and effectiveness to eligible adults and children across fixed and mobile facilities.
About us:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.
About your role:
- Senior Dentist supervises oral health staff in teams and is responsible for the overall management of the Smithfield Oral Health Service.
- Deliver quality general practitioner oral health services to both adult and paediatric patients in fixed and mobile facilities located in hospital, community, school environments and where possible if required.
- Participate in coordinating and managing the functioning of the Oral Health Team through effective planning, organisation, leadership, monitoring, evaluation and management of resources, in conjunction with all senior staff in the Oral Health Management Team.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
- Generous superannuation
- Salary packaging
- Annual incremental increases
- Career training and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Wellness programs
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?
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland.