Job Title: Academic - Oral Health Therapy/Therapy
About the Role:
Contribute to the training of highly sought-after graduates for work in our urban, regional and rural communities. Build and maintain relationships with dental and health care professionals. Generous support provided to assist with relocating to Riverina's beautiful Wagga Wagga or surrounds.
The Role: Continuing, Full time (part time may be considered). Level A/B - $77,714 to $131,034 pa (plus 17% superannuation).
Join Our School: The School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences is a multi-campus, academic unit. The School offers a suite of undergraduate and postgraduate courses both onshore and offshore in a range of health disciplines including: dentistry, oral health therapy, medical radiation science, pharmacy, health and medical science, medical laboratory science, and food science and nutrition.
About You: We are seeking an academic with a qualification relevant to the discipline and appropriate to the level being applied for. Full registration as a Dentist or Oral Health Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) is required. Excellent understanding of the clinical practice of oral health therapy, supported by a record of teaching and subject coordination relevant to the discipline and appropriate to the level being applied for.
Key Responsibilities:
* Actively contribute to teaching, subject coordination, and curriculum development, teaching a range of preclinical and clinical subjects in the Bachelor of Oral Health (Therapy/Hygiene) program using both didactic and clinical delivery methods.
* The successful candidate will also have an opportunity to develop and progress an active research profile with a strategic research and innovation focus aligned to the overall strategies of the University.
* The appointee may be able to provide clinical services in the Charles Sturt Oral Health and Dental Clinics upon negotiation with the Dean of Rural Dentistry and Oral Health and the Clinical Director.
* This position is required for on-campus teaching and as such remote work options are not available.
What We Offer: Generous assistance, including financial, is available to help you relocate to Wagga Wagga to take up this opportunity. We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish. The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University live - our ethos.