Dental Officer

**Are you an experienced Dental Officer ready to take your career to the next level?**:

- **Join our dynamic Hospital & Specialist Dentistry team and contribute to the delivery of Te Toka Tumai’s vision - Kia kotahi te oranga mo te iti me te rahi o te hāpori - Healthy communities, World-class healthcare, Achieved together**:

- **Full time, permanent position, based at Greenlane Clinical Centre.**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Dental Officer to join our busy Hospital & Specialist Dentistry team in Auckland.

Te Toka Tumai Auckland’s Regional Hospital & Specialist Dentistry (HSD) service, is located across multiple sites - Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre, Middlemore Hospital, Waitakere Hospital, Starship Children’s Hospital and Buckland Road Community Dental Clinic as well as in private provider facilities that are under a lease arrangement.

Joining us in this role you will be working as part of a clinical team of dentists and dental specialists providing hospital-based secondary and tertiary level hospital oral health services for patients living in the greater Auckland area. The focus of your role is providing dental care for patients of all ages in outpatient and ‘virtual’ clinics and operating room settings and provide individualised ‘prevention focused’ dental care to assigned patients including; undertaking initial assessments (FSA), development of diagnoses, problem lists and management plans, provide clinical care, undertake recall and review, as required.

This is your chance to join a well-supported multi-disciplinary team and there will be opportunities for you to be involved in research projects. You will also be responsible to provide advice and training to support staff.

This is a permanent full-time role working 50 hours per week. Applicants interested in part-time hours are also welcome to apply.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

You will have:

- At least 2 years post-graduation clinical experience providing clinical care in a hospital setting.
- Demonstrate the ability to participate in and contribute to a multidisciplinary team approach to health care provision
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Be competent in technical, measuring and computer skills

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora| Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply