Dental Team Leader

· Full Time Permanent Opportunity + Clinical Coordinator Dental Assistant 4.1 starting at $76,448.88 pa + 12% super + salary packaging benefits

· Access to Accrued Days Off + Hoppers Crossing location

· Be a changemaker and contribute meaningfully to the lives of our clients and communities through excellent administrative and customer service support.

The Opportunity

IPC Health is seeking a Dental Team Leader to join our Dental Service. As the Dental Team Leader, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of our dental team, ensuring smooth workflow, and fostering a collaborative environment.

You will play a crucial role in training, mentoring, and motivating team members to achieve their full potential.

You will also be involved in patient care coordination, quality assurance, liaising with supporting teams, and the management of daily operations.

We are seeking a highly motivated professional to support the delivery of exceptional care. You will be working in collaboration with the other Dental Service Team Leaders and by supporting the Senior Manager Dental Services.

· Do you have the skills to lead a fast paced, high demand community dental service?

· Are you seeking to support new and innovative ways to deliver health care?

· Do you want to be part of the team leading the way in service delivery?

· Are you a motivated individual who is looking for a challenge?

IPC Health Dental service is a 30 chairs service delivering General, Emergency and Prosthetic oral health care over 3 sites:

• Hoppers Crossing
• St Albans
• Wyndham Vale – Student Led Clinic

Based at our Hoppers Crossing Campus, this position is a Full Time Dental Team Leader Position and is classified as Clinical Coordinator Dental Assistant 4.1 -under the Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Workers (Victorian Stand-alone Community Health Services) (Multi Employer) Enterprise Agreement 2022 – 2026

You will make a difference by

Supporting and delivering:

· An excellent clinical service though innovative oral health care

· Improved access for patients.

· Reduced wait times

· Improved client experience

· Innovation and growth

To succeed you will need

· A relevant qualification in dentistry or dental assisting.

· Demonstrated experience in a similar team leadership or supervising role

· Commitment to maintaining current Infection Prevention and Control knowledge and practices.

· Exemplary people leadership skills with the ability to uphold performance expectations, coach, negotiate and resolve issues.

· Demonstrated clinical competence in the provision of general dental services within your area of expertise.

· Demonstrated ability to exercise judgement and autonomy in the research and implementation of best practice continuous improvement processes and initiatives to improve the client experience and outcomes.

· Current and valid Working with Children Check.

· Current Victorian driver's licence.

We will offer you

· Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.

· Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.

· Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.

· Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth through our Recognition Program and Wellbeing and Celebrations Committee.

· Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing and meals and entertainment, up to 14 weeks paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Dental Technician Success Profile, submit your resume and respond to a few short questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Natalie Smyth – Senior Manager Dental Service

Applications close Friday 25 July 2025

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email Careers@ipchealth.com.au with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.