Dentist

Join our Dental team and provide high-quality, culturally safe oral health care to Aboriginal clients and the wider community. Work within a supportive multidisciplinary team to improve oral health outcomes across East Gippsland.

Organisational Profile

GEGAC is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation based in Bairnsdale Victoria. Consisting of about 200 staff, GEGAC is a Not-for-Profit organisation that delivers holistic services in the areas of Primary Health, Social Services, Elders & Disability and Early Childhood Education.

GEGAC advocates for the self-determination of the Aboriginal community by prioritising services that enhance social, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, with culture at the heart of everything we do.

Position Purpose

The Dentist is responsible for providing general Dental services in a primary care setting as a part of a holistic community health service. The Dentist works collaboratively and communicates effectively with individuals, the community, allied health services, dental students on placement, dental agencies and dental company representatives where necessary.

Key Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated minimum of 2 years’ experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal culture, cultural safety and the social determinants of Aboriginal health, with the ability to partner respectfully with patients, families, carers and community.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within an integrated multidisciplinary team, including coordinated care, referral, escalation and clinical handover.
• Demonstrated ability to perform a broad range of clinical procedures safely and effectively within scope of practice, applying evidence-based care, infection prevention and control, medicines safety, risk management and continuous quality improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to support informed consent, shared decision-making, health literacy, open disclosure and accessible communication.
• Competent use of dental clinical information systems, with demonstrated ability to maintain accurate, contemporaneous, confidential and secure healthcare records.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards and their application to clinical governance, partnering with consumers and clinical safety in an oral health service.

Qualifications and Registrations Requirement (Essential or Desirable).

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline and a Practicing Certificate from the Dental Practitioners Board of Victoria ESSENTIAL
• Registerable in the state of Victoria ESSENTIAL
• Have a current X-Ray License ESSENTIAL
• Valid Victorian driver’s licence ESSENTIAL
• A satisfactory Working with Children Check and Fit2Work Police Check ESSENTIAL
• A person of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander background DESIRABLE
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccinated to align with GEGAC requirements ESSENTIAL

How to apply for this job

A copy of the position description can be obtained by copying and pasting this URL into your browser:  https://gegac.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-09-Dentist-PD.pdf

A copy of the position description can also be obtained by emailing [email protected].

Applicants must address the key selection criteria for shortlisting.

Any applications that have not addressed the key selection criteria will not be considered during the shortlisting process.

Applications can also be emailed to [email protected]

Applications close 5pm Sunday, 1 November 2026

A valid Working with Children Check and Police check is mandatory to work in this organisation.

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