Job Order Detail

Description

Position #: 173469

Expected Start Date: May 19, 2026

Union: HSAS

Facility: Buffalo Narrows Corporate Office

City/Town: Buffalo Narrows

Department: Dental Program

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Number of Hours per Rotation: 224 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Hours of Work: Field hour

Salary or Pay Band:  Pay Band Health Educator - Senior $39.44 to $48.226

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Reporting to the Primary Health Care Manager, the Dental Health Educator - Senior specializes in stimulating, coordinating, and delivering prenatal/preschool 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. This position will work collaboratively with Population Health Unit Dental Health Educator to ensure ongoing standard of care. The incumbent will plan, develop, organize, implement and evaluate the delivery of an active prenatal/preschool preventive oral health education and promotion program within the dental professionals scope of practice. The incumbent will supervise dental staff and provide management of the NW1 Dental 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
- Experience in health promotion/prevention strategies
- 3 years of experience as a dental health educator
Education
- Graduate from a recognized Dental Therapy program
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Competencies
- Advanced - Computer skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge of oral health principles & their relationship to health and disease
- Ability to address helath-related issues or life skills, other than oral health
- Ab...
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