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Employer Job Number: GO-00575327-1
Facility: PINEHOUSE SITE
Job Description: Reporting to the Senior Dental Therapist and the Therapies Team Lead, the Dental Therapist will provide prevention services, diagnostic treatment planning, restorative/operative dental treatment, community and preventive dentistry services to children in the Dental Health Program. 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 dental professionals scope of practice.
Qualifications:
- Graduate from a recognized dental therapy program with a diploma of Dental Therapy or Dental Nurse.
- Eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Dental Therapists Association
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge in health promotion, public relations projects and/or media would be an asset
- Must possess a valid class 5 drivers license
- CPR/ First Aid Training would be an asset
- Comprehensive knowledge of health principles/determinants of health/population-based outcomes including oral health, and their relationship to overall health and disease as applied to public health practice (population-based)
- Knowledge of current scientific information/research/best practice related to oral health, preschool oral health and other related health issues.
- Comprehensive knowledge of current infection control standards, practices and protocols.
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills
- Highly developed interpersonal skills to interact with clients, parents, health professionals, and community
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