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Queensland Health, Oral Health Professionals receive a fortnightly salary and enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
Oral Health Professional generally work a 38 hour week. This can be a normal five day week, a 19 day month or a 9 day fortnight arrangement.
Full details of leave entitlements will be provided on employment.
Our staff are either paid (varying from time and a half to double time and a half), or can accumulate time off in lieu for hours worked in excess of ordinary hours, including those worked on public holidays.
Generous employer contribution to superannuation of up to 12.5 per cent of annual salary is provided. Employee contributions are compulsory for permanent employees.
As a Health Service District staff member you can access attractive salary packaging arrangements of up to $17,000 gross per annum.
Salary sacrifice is a system whereby a portion of an employee's gross salary or wage is paid as a benefit, before tax rather than directly as salary, thereby usually reducing the amount of tax paid by the employee on income. This is called salary sacrificing because it is sacrificing salary for a benefit and is at the discretion of the employee for the approved range of items.
Your own circumstances will determine whether salary packaging will be a benefit to you.
Some Health Service Districts may offer an accommodation subsidy. This may be time limited.
In recognition of the challenge and change in a rural and remote area, Oral Health Therapists, Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists are paid anidentified amount up to $100 per week dependant upon the location.
Permanently located Dentists are paid an allowance (pro rata) of up to 30 per cent of base salary per year. Click here to view Rural and Remote Area Incentives.
The Professional Development Allowance for Dentists ranges from $600-$1500 per annum dependant upon the location. This allowance is expected to be reviewed during negotiations for the next EB Agreement, which is due to commence on the 1st September 2008.
A Professional Development Allowance is provided to Oral Health Therapists, Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists; permanent, full time and part time employees, who are engaged for a minimum period equivalent of 15.2 hours (two working days) per fortnight. The allowance amount paid is dependant upon the location. Click here to view Professional Development allowances.
An Oral Health Professional Support Program is currently being developed to support and mentor new Oral Health graduates. This mentoring program aims to improve access to resources, improve clinical and organisational knowledge and practice, improve leadership skills and autonomous practice.
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