Ready to sink your teeth into a role with real bite? Step into this senior role where your clinical expertise and leadership help shape brighter smiles.

This role attracts both Oral Health and Dental Health Therapists, to provide day-to-day leadership, supervising staff and students, supporting performance, and fostering a positive, collaborative team culture. Beyond clinical work, you’ll drive quality and safety initiatives, contribute to research and professional development, and support data collection to strengthen services.

Bring together clinical excellence, leadership and service improvement, and step into a role that will give your career plenty to grin about.

Job details

About us:

Join a team that's passionate about improving oral health across Central Queensland. You'll be part of a service committed to delivering evidence-based dental care, promoting oral health, and ensuring fair and equitable access for the community—all within a supportive and collaborative work environment.

You'll work across a diverse network of adult clinics, school dental clinics, and mobile dental vans reaching communities throughout the region. From larger centres to rural and outreach locations, the focus is on bringing quality oral health care closer to the people who need it most.

About the role:

Step into a senior clinical role where your expertise will make a real difference. You'll deliver high-quality Dental Therapy / Oral Health Therapy within your scope of practice, while promoting oral health at both individual and community levels.Your advanced clinical skills will also support the team, providing guidance, mentoring, and encouragement to less experienced clinicians to help lift the standard of care across services.

A key focus of the role is improving access for children and adolescents, delivering care through fixed and mobile clinics across schools and communities. Depending on your qualifications and service needs, you may also expand your impact by providing care within adult dental clinics.

This is a role where clinical leadership, community impact, and variety come together perfect for someone ready to step up and make a meaningful difference.

About you:

• Dental Therapist: Possession of a Certificate in Dental Therapy (or equivalent) and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is mandatory.
• Oral Health Therapist: Possession of a Bachelor of Oral Health (or equivalent) and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is mandatory.
• Radiation Use Licence issued under the Radiation Safety Act 1999, with an appropriate authority is mandatory.
• High level of oral therapy clinical knowledge, expertise and skill.
• Demonstrated ability to work at a higher level as a cooperative member of an oral health team and to rapidly acquire sound knowledge of the operations and functions of an oral health team within Oral Health Services.

What we offer:

Total monthly remuneration value of up to $13,113 p.m. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $64.64 - $69.55 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits:

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) GL6C679312

Applications close: Sunday, 26 April 2026

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Further information

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Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• GL6C679312 - Senior Dental Therapist (PDF)
  
  GL6C679312 - Senior Oral Health Therapist (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF)