* Contribute to positive health outcomes for Defence Force staff
* Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates
* Part time permanent role with lifestyle friendly hours - Monday and Thursday weekly 0.4FTE
About Us
ADF Health Services provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia. As part of this contract, Serco, in partnership with Bupa, provide defence-ready clinical and support staff across 50+ on-base locations nationally, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care. To learn more please visit www.serco.com/ahsc
About the Role
Under the supervision and prescription of the Dentist/Dental Specialist, you will be responsible for the day-to-day provision of quality oral hygiene advice and dental hygiene services to patients in accordance with Defence Policies and Procedures. You will also assist with administrative tasks such as maintenance of patient records, sterilisation and infection control procedures, and maintaining optimal hygiene of the surgery.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour.
* Current unconditional and unrestricted registration as a Dental Hygienist or Oral Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
* Minimum of 2 years (full time equivalent) experience within the last 5 years.
About Townsville
Townsville Health Centre is located at RAAF Base Townsville, 6.5km outside Townsville. This facility supports more than 1500 regular personnel, as well as visiting Air Force exercise and international members, and provides primary medical, dental, nursing, mental health, physiotherapy, and pharmaceutical services. The standard operating hours of the centre are generally 0700-1630 Monday – Thursday (depending on role requirements), and a half day (5.5 hours) Friday.
About You
You are an experienced Dental Hygienist with a professional and friendly manner who enjoys interacting with patients and has an ability to put them at ease. Ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and procedures, you take pride in contributing to the cleanliness and effectiveness of a dental surgery environment. You are a respectful and professional person who demonstrates exceptional moral values in everything you do. You are passionate about providing dental hygiene services and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support delivery of the highest standard of care to patients.
Rewards & Benefits
* Be part of an amazing culture, based on the values of trust, care, innovation and pride
* Gain access to Global Employee Networks that embrace diversity and inclusion
* ‘Start with a job and stay for a career’ with extensive employment and growth opportunities across Serco’s many contracts
* Meaningful work supporting defence personnel
* Referral Programs
* Paid annual and personal leave
* Paid CPD leave for permanent employees
* Paid volunteer leave and leave for reservists
* Provision of uniform
* Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more!
* Plus, ongoing 24/7 immediate mental health and counselling support via our Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
* Join a dedicated team of collaborative and supportive health professionals
Join Us
If you are inspired to make a positive difference and would like to be considered for this opportunity, submit your application by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.
Please note your resume must include - start and finish dates for each role, along with employment type (e.g. casual, part-time, full-time) and hours worked per week.
You must also be an Australian Citizen in order to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role. If you’re not an Australian Citizen, please feel free to apply to other healthcare roles with Serco through our careers site below.
For a confidential chat, please contact Shari Ienco - Shari.Ienco@Serco-AP.com
If you would like to learn more about these and other opportunities available, please visit https://www.sercocareers.com/ADF-Health-Services to find out more.
Serco and Proud
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone also has an important role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management and citizen services.
Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.
Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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