Position #: 105890
Expected Start Date: November 25, 2024
Union: HSAS
Facility: Public Health Office - Saskatoon
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: CRU Teen Wellness Centre
Type: Part-time regular
FTE: 0.64
Shift Information: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Hours of Work: 18 shifts of 8 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: 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. 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. The position is bound by the following legislation: Dental Disciplines Act, Saskatchewan Dental Therapists Association Bylaws and Regulations
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
- 2 years' experience as a Dental Therapist
Education
- Dental Therapy diploma
Other Education and Training
- Dental Nurse Diploma is acceptable
Competencies
- Advanced - Presentation skills
- Advanced - Verbal communication skills
- Advanced - Computer skills
- Advanced - Facilitation skills
- Advanced - Interpersonal skills
- Advanced - Organizational skills
- Advanced - Written Communication Skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of program planning process
- Knowledge of health p...
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