About the Role
Deliver comprehensive clinical care to HCF members, contributing to the mission of providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality dental services to Australians. This is a part-time role (2-4 days per week).
Responsibilities
- Deliver all aspects of dentistry and oral care to ensure the highest quality of care for HCF members.
- Provide clinical services efficiently and productively, meeting defined individual KPI targets (including productivity, clinical quality, and CPD requirements).
- Maintain accurate and legible patient clinical records.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant AHPRA, Dental Board of Australia, radiology regulations, and HCF clinical/business policies.
- Promote preventive oral health care and reinforce the value of private health insurance.
- Support the Head of Dental Services and Dentist in Charge to represent HCF interests to dental regulators and associations.
- Work collaboratively with dental staff and assist in maintaining a coordinated approach to patient care.
- Proficiently provide clinical and preventive-oriented oral health care.
- Liaise with patients, dentists, and staff to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
- Follow approved clinical delegation and direction from the Head of Dental Services, Dentist in Charge, and mentor (if assigned).
- Maintain a high level of clinical skills and complete any required accreditations for specialised dental practices.
- Ensure all clinical work is cost-effective and meets HCF member needs for both treatment and customer service.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry
- Current registration as a general dentist in Australia
- EPA Radiation Licence
- Ability to work effectively, efficiently, and independently within the clinical surgery
- Strong awareness of clinical risk management and personal clinical capabilities
- Willingness to work across multiple Dental Centres if required
- Preparedness to follow instructions from leadership, including the General Manager Dental, DCN Clinical Manager, Dentist in Charge, and mentor (if assigned)
Skills
- Clinical skills
- Preventive oral health care
- Risk management
- Customer service
Location
- Sydney CBD
Work Type
- Part-time
Experience Level
- General Dentist
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover
- Family-friendly certified employer
- 18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents
- Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more
- Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.
About the Company
- At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric. We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them. At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together. We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status. We believe in lifelong learning. HCF provides opportunities for personal and professional development. From workshops to mentorship programs, we encourage your growth and curiosity. We want our people to feel supported and empowered to be their best self at work. We create a flexible, inclusive, family-friendly culture so our employees are inspired and motivated to achieve the best for themselves and our members. Our purpose is to bring a human touch to every part of the healthcare system, in big ways and small. Our values inform the way we do things. They help us build the culture we need to realise our purpose. Our values are to: Step Forward Get There Together Make it Better Stay Human Walk in Their Shoes. We’ve invested in our people and teams to ensure they’re equipped to reach their career goals. We help team members expand their skill sets and develop personally through various internal and external courses, as well as broaden their on-the-job experience through transfers, secondments or promotions.
Equal Opportunity
- We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.
