The Hospital Dental Service at Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral is expanding, which means we have an exciting new opportunity for a Dental Officer to join our team! This role is for 16 hours per week, consisting of three clinical and one non-clinical sessions.
About the position:
As a Dental Officer within the Hospital Dental Service, you will provide a high standard of clinical care to patients in our community requiring dental services. This includes referred patients in a clinic and procedure setting as well as acute patients that present to the Emergency Department during working hours.
Dental services are provided primarily in the dental unit, with regular sessions in the Operating Theatre for patients that require general anaesthetic.
The Hospital Dental Service requires the development of effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams, and the ability within a service and organisation committed to continuous quality improvement and to achieving accreditation. MidCentral is a teaching hospital, and you will be required to provide supervision and instruction for Resident Medical Officers rostered to the Dental service.
What can we offer you?
Real work-life balance
A diverse, dynamic and collegial team environment
Ongoing training and development opportunities
About our organisation:
Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua – MidCentral is a 350-bed hospital in the city of Palmerston North, Manawatu, a city in the Lower North Island of New Zealand. Palmerston North Hospital is a secondary hospital and offers most medical and surgical specialties with the exception of Cardiothoracic, Plastic and Neurosurgery. The hospital serves a local population of 180,000 but is the base for a regional head and neck oncology service which has responsibility for a population of 550,000 and draws patients from Whanganui, Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay. Employing over 2500 people, MidCentral offers a supportive work environment that accepts and values all employees. We actively seek Maori kaimahi into our workforce and provide an environment which delivers our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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