Dental Therapist Diploma Senior

Position #: 074652

Union: HSAS

Facility: La Ronge Health Centre

City/Town: La Ronge

Department: Dental Program

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work:  224 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Dental Therapist - Diploma Senior $32.624 to $39.875

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Reporting to the Manager, the Senior Dental Therapist will provide prevention services, diagnostic treatment planning, restorative/operative dental treatment, community and preventive dentistry services. The incumbent specializes in stimulating, coordinating, and delivering oral health promotion activities aimed at reducing disease and promoting oral health for people in the community. Incumbents must have an ability to work independently and within multi-disciplinary teams. The incumbent will plan, develop, organize, implement and evaluate the delivery of an active preventive oral health education and promotion program within the oral health professional's scope of practice. This position provides supervision, program management, and direction to the Oral Health Program. "Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• 2 years' experience as a Dental Therapist

Education

• Dental Therapy diploma
• Dental Therapy diploma

Licenses

• Valid Class 5 driver's license
• Valid Class 5 driver's license

Other Education and Training

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
• Current CPR certification

Competencies

• Advanced - Organizational skills
• Advanced - Interpersonal skills
• Advanced - Computer skills
• Advanced - Presentation skills
• Time management skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in oral health and overall health relationship
• Knowledge of health principles/outcomes & the relationship to overall health
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge in media forms and associated technology
• Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting
• Knowledge in health promotion and prevention strategies
• Ability to multitask
• Knowledge in community health program planning and delivery elements
• Knowledge in best practice in oral health and other related health impacts
• Ability to be innovative in service development, delivery, and problem solving
• Ability to travel on remote roads or fly in small aircraft to remote communities
• Ability to develop and present oral health education/training to various groups
• Knowledge in best practice in oral health and other related health impacts

Other Information

• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan Dental Therapists Association (SDTA)
• Travel required
• La Ronge is located approximately 241 km north of Prince Albert
• For more information on the town of La Ronge please visit https://www.laronge.ca/
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan Dental Therapists Association (SDTA)
• This position may be eligible for relocation and Saskatchewan Health Authority and/or Ministry of Health recruitment incentives. For more information, please direct inquiries to contactus@healthcareersinsask.ca