Job Reference: 1120757

About the Role:

At Curtin University, we are proud to be the only University in Western Australia to offer an Oral Health Therapy degree. We currently have a continuing part-time opportunity (0.6 FTE) for a registered dental practitioner (Oral Health Therapist) to join our team as a Senior Lecturer. This position requires work for three full days or four shorter days of your choice.

This role will be based at the Oral Health Care of Western Australia (OCHWA) in Nedlands, Mount Henry DHS as well as our Curtin Bentley campus. Our dental teaching and learning facility provides a full range of preventative and restorative oral health therapy services to the Western Australian community.

This is an exciting time to join our dynamic team and contribute to significant innovations in our program and facilities.

Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

• Course leadership.
• Deliver high quality teaching to undergraduate students within the Oral Health Therapy course.
• Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing reflective improvement in teaching.
• Conduct tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions, as appropriate, which stimulate and foster student learning.
• Assess and evaluate students work.
• Contribute to curriculum innovation and content design.
• Contribute to professional development training programmes for Oral Health Therapists and other dental professionals.

Selection Criteria – Who we are looking for:

1. AHPRA qualification.
2. A doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline (or equivalent accreditation) and professional standing for Teaching Focused Clinical Professional role.
3. Proven high level teaching skills with a demonstrated reflective approach to teaching and learning.
4. A significant contribution to scholarship in teaching and learning with an emerging record of success in winning external grants to support teaching projects and initiatives.
5. A strong understanding of pedagogical theory and contemporary educational practice relevant to the discipline.
6. An emerging record of peer reviewed publications in high quality journals.
7. Demonstrated experience in curriculum development and unit/course coordination.
8. Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to lead teaching and learning initiatives and provide mentoring to less experienced staff.
9. Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to foster the development of a collegial and supportive working environment and the ability to interact with students and staff with cross cultural sensitivity.
10. Demonstrated commitment to applying relevant and applicable policies, procedures and legislation in the day-to-day performance of the functions of this position.

Role Requirements:

• As this is a continuing (permanent) role, you will require permanent work rights in Australia to be considered.
• Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction.
• You are required to be a current AHPRA-registered dentist with an interest and experience in teaching and learning.

About Curtin University

We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

What We Offer You:

Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more. For more information, check out our benefits page.

For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/

Join Us!

If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

• Updated Resume
• Cover Letter sharing your interest and addressing the selection criteria stated in the advertisement.

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on [email protected] or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Please note applications will not be accepted via this email address.

Applications close: Wednesday, 19th November 2025.

Disclaimer: Please note that there is no standardised time for the closing of adverts on the specified date. Therefore, we recommend submitting your application ahead of this deadline. Late applications will not be considered, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.