Role type: 0.8FTE to 1.0FTE (Full-time, part-time, or a job-sharing arrangement will be considered); Continuing
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/ School: Melbourne Dental School
Salary: Level D - $183,859 - $202,556 p.a. plus 17% super plus a clinical loading $13,494 per annum pro rata
* Senior leadership in specialist Endodontics education / shape national clinical and curriculum standards / world-class dental school and hospital
* Join us to contribute to the specialist Endodontics training, advance impactful research and mentor the next generation of clinicians.
* Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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Your next career opportunity
You will lead specialist Endodontics education and research, convening the DCD Endodontics program at RDHM.
You will shape national standards in Endodontics training while building multidisciplinary collaborations and impactful clinical research programs.
What you will deliver
* Contribute to the leadership of DCD Endodontics program, overseeing curriculum, assessment, student experience, and coordination of academic and clinical staff.
* Deliver high-quality teaching and safe clinical supervision in Endodontics across entry-to-practice, specialist and continuing education programs.
* Build and lead a competitive research program in Endodontics, securing external funding and publishing in high-impact outlets.
* Supervise higher degree, graduate and postgraduate research students, fostering excellent research training and timely thesis completion.
* Contribute academic leadership and service through committees, accreditation activities, national guideline development and mentoring academic colleagues.
You may be a great fit if you:
* Hold specialist Endodontics registration with AHPRA, or equivalent qualifications enabling timely attainment of Australian specialist registration.
* Possess a completed PhD in Endodontics or a closely related dental or health sciences discipline.
* Provide strategic leadership in clinical teaching, curriculum design, assessment and educational innovation in specialist Endodontics programs.
* Demonstrate an established research profile, with competitive grant success, quality publications and evidence of research translation.
* Show experience supervising higher degree and postgraduate research students through to successful thesis completion.
* Engage collaboratively across disciplines, professional bodies and hospitals, contributing to national standards, guidelines and accreditation activities.
What we offer you!
* Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
* Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
* Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
* Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave
* Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
* Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
Your new team – Melbourne Dental School
www.dental.unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne Dental School is a national leader in dental and oral health education, clinical training and research. You will join a collaborative, values-driven community within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. The School partners closely with the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, offering rich, diverse clinical learning environments. You will work alongside clinicians, educators and researchers committed to innovation, student success and evidence-based care. Together, you will help shape future-ready, ethical dental professionals for communities across Victoria and beyond.
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