The Team:
The Driver role supports Oral Health Services Tasmania, a statewide team of around 300 professionals delivering dental care across 33 clinics and via mobile dental vans. These vans are essential for reaching schools and remote communities.
This position is vital to ensuring timely, safe, and efficient transport and setup of mobile clinics—directly enabling frontline staff to provide care where it's needed most. Without this role, access to dental services in many areas would be significantly reduced.
The Role:
Provide an efficient and effective driving service for Oral Health Services Tasmania (OHST), including the timely delivery, set-up and pack-up of mobile dental vans to schools and various other off-site locations around Tasmania.
You will need to:
- Drive OHST’s self-drive mobile dental vans between their designated parking spot (located near-to or onsite at a major dental clinic) to targeted schools located around the state.
- Set-up and pack-down the dental van ready for clinical treatment as per the Operators Manual; ensuring the required administrative records are maintained.
- Refuel and restock the dental vans when necessary, ensuring the onboard water tank is also kept full and the grey waste-water tank is emptied at an appropriate sewerage drain when required.
Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.
Details of appointment:
Fixed term, casual, position working as and when required, commencing as soon as possible until 16 November 2026.
*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.
Salary: $63,110 to $66,049 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
- Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022.
Salary Packaging:
You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.
Benefits available to eligible candidates:
- A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
- Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $13.95 per week per person, or $25.95 for a family.
More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here
Eligibility:
Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.
- Current Driver’s Licence (LR-Class)
- Current Working with Children Registration
*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled, or has its conditions altered.
Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:
- Experience in driving a larger vehicle with automatic transmission
Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.
Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents
We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.
Statement of Duties:
Application Guide:
How to apply:
Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.
You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.
*Applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role
For more information:
Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.
Name: Leigh Gorringe
Position: Area Manager - Oral Health Services Tasmania
Phone number: (03) 6166 5444
Email address: leigh.gorringe@ths.tas.gov.au
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