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Employer Job Number: GO-00599274-1
Facility: LA RONGE SITE
Job Description: Reporting to the Senior Dental Therapist, 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.
The position is bound by the following legislation:
Dental Disciplines Act
Saskatchewan Dental Therapists Association Bylaws and Regulations
Qualifications:
Education
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.
Knowledge of how to prepare for and u
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