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Oral Health Professional II - Dental Therapist
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- Full-time
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Government of the Northwest Territories —Inuvik, NT
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Oral Health Professional II - Dental Therapist

Government of the Northwest Territories
Inuvik, NT

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Dental care

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Department Information

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Job Information

Located in the school in their community and reporting directly to the Territorial Specialist, Oral Health Care. The incumbent independently provides clinical intra-oral restorative and preventative treatment to school age children (grade K to 12). The Dental Therapist develops and delivers community based oral-dental health promotion and educational activities to individuals or groups (i.e. a class) within various schools. Additionally, the incumbent develops oral/dental health promotion material and activities to be delivered in partnership with a Community Health Nurse (CHN) and other health care professionals (i.e. post-natal clinic, pre-school screening within various community health centers).

When treatment is outside the Dental Therapist's scope of practice, the incumbent will refer the client to a Dentist (i.e. abnormal oral or pathological conditions, etc.). The Dental Therapist may also cross-refer the patient to other health care providers (i.e. CHN or physician for antibiotic treatment).

As a Dental Therapist providing care in a number of communities, the incumbent also provides functional expertise and direction to other health care providers on the delivery of oral health care, promotion and prevention. There are no Dentists permanently located in any of the small communities in the Beaufort-Delta region.

The incumbent may be required to provide dental services in different communities within the Beaufort-Delta region as required.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:

Completion of a Diploma in Dental Therapy
Licensed with the NWT Professional Registrar as a Dental Therapist

GNWT Inquiries

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Inuvik HR Client Service Centre
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
1st FLOOR ALEX MOSES GREENLAND BUILDING
BOX 1869
INUVIK, NT X0E 0T0
Tel (867) 678-8071 Ext 15644
Fax (867) 678-6620
[email protected]

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.

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