Remuneration: $69,477 – $76,145 + Rural Health Incentives + Superannuation + Salary Packaging

Location: Armidale Community Health Service

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Dental Assist Grade 2

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ494391

Closing Date: 10th June 2024

Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) is a great place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader and largest employer in the healthcare industry we provide a range of public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast we provide attractive salary packaging options, avenues for ongoing education, exposure to career advancement opportunities, and support from our extensive network of healthcare professionals. HNELHD cultivates a collaborative atmosphere where you can interact and gain exposure with a diverse range of professionals from various clinical and non-clinical backgrounds. With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen profession. Working with HNE Health gives you access to a great range of benefits.

About Your New Role

As the Dental Assistant Clinic Coordinator, you will provide guidance and direction to the Dental Assistants and Administration Officers to ensure the effective and efficient functioning of the dental clinic. Provided with ongoing support from the management team you will have the opportunity to experience our Orientation program designed to provide further education on your new career.

Joining our Armidale Team as the Dental Assistant Coordinator you will provide guidance and direction to the Dental Assistants and Administration Officers to ensure the effective and efficient functioning of the dental clinic. Supported by our management team, you will have access to our comprehensive Orientation program, designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in your new role in addition to ongoing training, education and career opportunities.

If this sounds like you, we would love to see you apply:

You have a professional and pragmatic approach to your work while demonstrating compassion and empathy with others.
With outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, you are organically able to build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Crucial to your success as the Clinic Coordinator, you will relish opportunities to build and maintain relationships with your team, patients and carers.

Your experience in dental assisting and ability to provide sound supervision to a team will prove to be integral. Most importantly, having a desire to be a positive role model for staff and motivate them to learn, grow and succeed will set your application apart from the others.

READY TO MAKE THE MOVE? As part of our rural incentives scheme you may be eligible for up to 3 month’s accommodation and relocation support

Benefits

Ongoing learning by your supportive leaders
Become part of a local tight nit community
Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
Salary packaging options
Fitness Passport\
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.

Additional Information

To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.

Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme

It’s a great time to join Hunter New England Local Health District. Apply now for one of our eligible regional and rural positions. You could benefit under the NSW Health Rural Workforce Incentive Scheme!

This vacancy is eligible for an Attraction and Relocation package that includes the following*:

Attraction incentive paid as a Rural and Regional fortnightly allowance of up to $10,000 for the first 12-months
Retention incentive of up to $5,000 thereafter annually
PLUS 3 months accommodation assistance (e.g. reimbursement of rent payments or payments for commercial accommodation)
All payments and reimbursements made to part time employees will be on a pro-rata basis.

Attraction incentives will be paid as a Rural and Regional fortnightly allowance on top of your base salary + 11% superannuation.

Other forms of payment/package options (where you are eligible) need to be negotiated with the Convenor and may include**:   

Additional annual professional development days (up to 5 more per year)
Additional personal leave (up to 5 more days per year)
Computer/internet reimbursement (e.g. laptop, wi-fi costs)
Return airfare to and from your work base (or equivalent motor vehicle allowance) so you can still visit family and friends
The total value of your incentive package would remain the same. Employees are responsible for seeking independent financial advice before accepting an Attraction and Retention Incentive package as part of their offer.

Transferring of incentive packages will depend on the location, position, and time served by the health worker in their current position. Eligibility to transfer existing incentive packages will be determined and approved by the health organisation. Health workers who are receiving incentive packages and are changing or moving positions should discuss the impacts with their manager or local Workforce Rural Health Incentive Team via HNELHD-RuralIncentives@health.nsw.gov.au to discuss your eligibility prior to applying if you are already receiving an incentive package.

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For role related queries or questions contact Bianca Tribe on Bianca.Tribe@health.nsw.gov.au

Information For Applicants

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2
Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp.
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 
HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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