Position # : 9013362
Expected Start Date: September 11, 2026
Union: HSAS
Facility: Churchill Community School
City/Town: La Ronge
Department: Enhanced Preventative Dental Services
Type: Casual
FTE: 0
Shift Information: Days
Relief: No
Float: No
Hours of Work: Field Hours
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Dental Therapist - Diploma Senior $42.411 to $51.838
Travel Required: Yes
Job Description: Reporting to the Manager, the Senior Dental Therapist will provide prevention services, diagnostic treatment planning, restorative/operative dental treatment, community and preventive dentistry services. 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 oral health qualified's scope of practice. This position provides supervision, program management, and direction to the Oral Health Program.
"Preference for this position will be given to HSAS membersin accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience 2 years' experience as a Dental Therapist
Education Graduate from a recognized Dental Therapy program
Licenses Registered Dental Therapist (RDT)
Valid Class 5 driver's license
Knowledge and Abilities Computer skills an asset
Knowledge of oral health principles & their relationship to health and disease
Knowlede of health promotion, public relations projects and/or media
Ability to develop and present oral health education/training to various groups
Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
Ability to travel on remote roads or fly in small aircraft to remote communities
Ability to work in a cross cultural setting
Ability to work in isolated areas, as required
Knowledge of current infection control standards, practices and protocols
Highly developed written and oral communication skills
Knowledge of program planning process
Effective interpersonal relationship skills
Highly developed organizational and multi-tasking skills
Creative problem solving in an open and resourceful manner
No guaranteed Hours