VMO - 02M8O

Closes: 29 April 2025

Classification: Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)
Salary: $369 .46 per hour
Position No: VMO - 02M8O
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 17 April 2025
Contact Officer: Dr Vanessa Holm on vanessa.m.holm@act.gov.au or 0401 693 680

---

About the Role:

Canberra Health Services Dental (CHS Dental) within the Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) provides adult, child and youth general dental, restorative, special needs, General Anaesthetic (GA), Relative Analgesia (RA), and specialist Surgical and Orthodontic services to the eligible members of the ACT community. The service currently operates from five Community Health Centres and three hospitals across the ACT region, as well as operating within ACT corrective services and from mobile dental clinics as below:

• Gungahlin Community Health Centre – Six dental chairs
• Belconnen Community Health Centre – Eleven dental chairs
• City Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs
• Phillip Community Health Centre - Ten dental chairs; and
• Tuggeranong Community Health Centre - Five chairs
• Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC)
• The Canberra Hospital
• North Canberra Hospital
• Calvary John James Hospital
• Nursing home mobile dental clinic
• School mobile dental clinic
• Targeted Access Program mobile dental clinic

CHS Dental is a multidisciplinary program and consists of dentists, visiting oral surgeons, oral health therapists, dental therapists, prosthetists, orthodontists, dental assistants, laboratory technicians and administrative staff. CHS Dental offers a range of dental services to the eligible members of the community for adult & child and youth dental services, this includes denture services and emergency dental. The services are available Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:00pm at the above listed facilities and Community Health Centres.

The Visiting CHS Dental Orthodontist plays an integral role within the cleft multidisciplinary team. This position requires a sessional commitment of four hours each week to provide orthodontic services at an identified CHS Dental Community Clinic and attendance at Canberra Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic up to eight times per year.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Meet credentialing requirements and receive an Endorsed scope of clinical practice from the Medical Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC).
• Hold Specialist registration as an Orthodontist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note: Temporary for a period of 12-13 months.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory’s history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

#LI-DNI

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services