About the Organisation
Oral Health Victoria (OHV) is the leading public oral health service provider in Victoria, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to the community while supporting the education and training of the future oral health workforce.
The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne is Victoria’s leading oral health teaching institution. With over 130 years serving the community, RDHM stands as a beacon for oral healthcare in Victoria. In partnership with the University of Melbourne, RMIT and La Trobe University, we provide students with their earliest practical training.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader Dental Assistants, Surgery & Oral Medicine. The role provides leadership, coaching and direction to the dental assistants working in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and the Day Surgery Unit at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.
The Team Leader provides support to the clinical areas by coordinating DA operational activities. This role will support the provision of high quality care through a culture of respect, safety, transparency, accountability, teamwork and collaboration ensuring the promotion of multi disciplinary teamwork.
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Why work at OHV?
To view a copy of the full position description, please click here
If you have any questions or require special adjustments, please reach out to the Talent Engagement team at careers@dhsv.org.au
We warmly invite you to apply today and take advantage of this great opportunity to join our team! To submit your application, please click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts.
We will be actively shortlisting during the advertising period, so please send through your application ASAP. Please note: We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date once a suitable candidate has been identified.
Applications close Friday 22nd May
We acknowledge that diversity increases our ability to transform and achieve better health outcomes therefore we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
OHV is committed to child safety and wellbeing and has zero tolerance for child abuse and harm. We provide an inclusive and welcoming environment where cultural safety for children is promoted and practiced.
OHV is a public health service and requires employees to be vaccinated in accordance with Department of Health policies or guidelines and/or public health orders issued by the government.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
