**Job Description:**
The Area Manager position at Oral Health Services Tasmania oversees dental services from major centers in Devonport and Burnie, as well as community clinics across the North West region. This role involves leading and coordinating local dental services to ensure they run smoothly and efficiently.
**Key Responsibilities:*
* Managing local dental services to meet performance goals including financial and activity targets and service delivery outcomes.
* Supporting and improving oral health programs by providing advice and helping shape policies and services.
* Representing Oral Health Services Tasmania at meetings, sharing ideas to improve services.
* Ensuring strong governance and compliance by implementing policies, monitoring adherence to standards, and maintaining accountability.
**Required Skills and Qualifications:**
To be successful in this role, you will need high-level experience in managing a complex regional health service, with in-depth knowledge of contemporary management practices including change management and best practice methods.
You should have demonstrated ability to provide effective leadership and supervision to a diverse team, including the ability to develop, monitor and review services, service delivery and service performance to strengthen and grow the capacity of the service.
High-level knowledge of all aspects of public oral health service delivery, or the ability to quickly learn and gain a thorough understanding of all aspects of the service and its requirements, including the safety and quality framework within which it operates.
**Benefits:**
Pursuing your health career in Tasmania's public health system means building strong connections with colleagues and patients. It also means embracing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extraordinary experiences outside of work while making a significant impact on the community during work.
As an employee of the Department of Health, you will have access to salary packaging, professional development opportunities, leave entitlements, and fitness passport benefits.
**Why Tasmania?:**
Tasmania offers unparalleled natural beauty and a luxurious lifestyle. The island state provides a unique opportunity to pursue a healthcare career in a region that values compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.