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Senior Dentist
Mount Isa
Advanced Clinical Care. Real Community Impact.!
Bring your advanced clinical expertise and leadership to a role where your work genuinely improves access to oral health care. As a Senior Dentist with NWHHS, you’ll deliver high‑quality clinical services while leading and mentoring dental teams across fixed and mobile clinics throughout the region.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Dentistry |
| Classification | DO2.1-DO2.3 |
| Workplace Location | North West Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MI681298 |
| Closing date | 25-May-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent, Full-time |
| Contact person | Sarah Samson |
| Contact details | (07) 4744 7141 Access the National Relay Service |
About the role
Provide frontline, hands‑on clinical leadership and deliver advanced level dental care to eligible adult and paediatric patients across North West Hospital and Health Service.
Working across fixed and mobile facilities, you will support the delivery of safe, culturally responsive and high‑quality oral health services while guiding, developing and mentoring multidisciplinary dental teams to achieve service excellence.
- Deliver clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to dentists, oral health therapists, dental assistants and students in line with scope of practice requirements.
- Support operational and service planning, quality improvement, accreditation activities and achievement of clinical activity benchmarks.
Working with us
- Generous employer contribution to superannuation of 12.75%.
- Rural and Remote incentive - Zone 3 – 32% allowance of base salary (pro rata for part time employees).
- Accommodation assistance available as per policy: either 17 months at a Queensland Health facility or 17 months rental subsidy.
- Eligible Mount Isa Residents may also be able to access discounts starting from 20% off Qantas return fares from Mount Isa to their eligible city. Discounted fares for residents l Qantas AU
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
- Transfer and appointment expenses may be negotiated.
PLUS a $3,395 p.a. professional development allowance to assist with external development, and 3 days p.a. leave for attending training or conferences.
Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
- Aged Care Pre-Employment Screening: Applicants are advised this position works in an identified Aged Care Facility as per the Aged Care Act 1997 and therefore requires employees and volunteers to have a current National Police Certificate. Queensland Health will facilitate applicants obtaining the above National Police Certificate.
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Sarah Samson on (07) 4744 7141.
Applications close: Monday, 25 May 2026.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Documents
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