• Full-Time, Permanent
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
The Clinical Lead - Oral Health provides clinical leadership and professional support across the oral health program, ensuring the delivery of high-quality oral health care within a public dental environment.

This position dedicates three days per week to clinical service delivery and two days to leadership, education, workforce development, and service improvement.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide professional leadership and coaching to the Oral Health team to ensure safe, evidence based, high quality care
• Mentor and coach oral health practitioners, and supervise and support the senior dental assistants
• Drive efficient, client-centred care
• Foster innovation and partnerships that support research, evidence-based practice and service innovation

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualifications and current AHPRA registration as a Dentist
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills across multi-disciplinary oral health teams
• Advanced clinical competence and experience in managing complex clients
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6818156.

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter. Please note we will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on 22 October at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Bree Nation on Bree.Nation@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.