• Full-time ongoing position commencing December 2025
• TGO3 salary range $84,159 - $88,852 per annum + Super
• Gilles Plains Campus

About TAFE SA
Awarded the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

By working with TAFE SA, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career in a diverse and inclusive organisation, while helping to deliver job-ready skills and meaningful outcomes for students across our state.

About the role
The Dental Clinic Manager provides technical knowledge and experience to determine and develop standardised methodology and to adhere to proven techniques in the provision of technical services. Significant technical responsibilities may be exercised either on an individual basis or as a discrete 'specialist' within a multi-discipline team or performed as senior member as a single discipline project team.

The Dental Clinic Manager promotes and monitors compliance with Dental Clinic and Dental Laboratory policies and protocols to support the delivery of safe, high quality and patient-centred delivery of dental services.

Key Requirements:

• Current experience working in a dental practice or related experience.
• Minimum Certificate III in Dental Assisting qualification (or equivalent) and current license to expose dental radiographs or willingness to achieve this within 6 months of commencing in the position.
• Proven experience overseeing diverse business support functions, including financial management, staff supervision, administration, and customer service, with strong proficiency in multiple software systems.
• Demonstrated success in driving continuous improvement initiatives and championing positive change within dynamic work environments.
• Proven leadership within health service environments, driving operational excellence and team performance.

For more information regarding the position, please refer to the Role Description.

Special Conditions
A valid DHS Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the South Australian Department of Human Services is required before employment.

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online.
For further information on how to apply for this position, please refer to the attached application guidelines and Role Descriptor.

Your application must address all Key Selection Criteria as listed in the Role Descriptor. Provide examples outlining your skills, experience and knowledge of each criterion, and how you put them into practice. It is important that you identify skills you may have which are not directly specified in the Role Descriptor and yet, in your opinion, would enable you to perform well in the position.

Ready to Shape the Future?

Click ‘Apply’, we’re excited to hear from you!

For enquiries, please contact Kate Penna, Educational Manager, Health, at [email protected]

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement
At TAFE SA, we ensure our workplaces are safe, inclusive, supportive and respectful. We do not accept discrimination, harassment, or violence of any kind. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ and people living with disability.

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.