Overview
- Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
- Location: Goulburn
- Position Classification: Oral Health Therapist Level 1
- Remuneration: $73,427.00 - $85,800.00 per annum
- Hours Per Week: 38
- Requisition ID: REQ
- Applications Close: 6 October 2025
- Interview Information: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
About The Service
Oral Health Therapist – Promote Healthy Smiles Across Our Rural Community
Are you passionate about preventive oral health care and education, making a real difference in people’s lives?
At Southern NSW Local Health District our Oral Health Therapists deliver vital services including dental hygiene, preventive treatments, and oral health education to patients of all ages.
Join us in improving oral health outcomes in a friendly rural setting.
Make a positive impact—help us build healthier smiles for the future.
Support for
- Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
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What You'll Be Doing
The Oral Health Therapist provides dental therapy and dental hygiene care to patients within the limits of their formally attained scope of practice.
Selection Criteria
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Dental Therapist or Oral Health Therapist.
- Demonstrated sound clinical and diagnostic skills.
- A demonstrated understanding of and commitment to a preventative/population health approach to patient care.
- Evidence of continued professional development in evidence based dentistry.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to liaise effectively and sensitively with a wide range of individuals.
- Proficient in the use of computer systems, word processing software and clinical software and hardware including electronic patient records and digital imaging.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of the team.
- Current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain.
Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires.
This may involve driving long distances.
We look forward to learning more about you
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The site provides guidance, resources, and tools to help applicants confidently apply for roles and build meaningful careers in health.
This is a Category A position.
Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015 prior to offer.
All current employees must agree to comply with the policy.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and others who bring diverse experiences and perspectives.
Need more information?
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