Victorian Dental Specialists-in-Training Renumeration
Highly Skilled, Unpaid Professionals, in Victoria - support our advocacy to renumerate dental specialists-in-training in Victoria.
Background
- Dental specialists-in-training in Victoria contribute significantly to the public oral health system.
- Unlike their medical and nursing counterparts, Victorian dental specialists-in-training are not employed or remunerated during their clinical practice training.
- NSW and SA already remunerate dental specialists-in-training, making Victoria an outlier.
Why It Matters
- Equity: Dentists deserve parity with doctors and nurses and their interstate counterparts.
- Workforce: Without pay, Victoria risks deterring future specialists to other states.
- Ethical Responsibility: Dental specialists-in-training are already qualified, registered dentists providing essential care. It is ethically and morally unjust to expect them to work without pay while contributing meaningfully to the public health system.
Our Proposal:
- Recognise dental specialists-in-training as employees.
- Provide appropriate remuneration during their training.
- Align Victoria with interstate counterparts.
Three simple steps to a fairer system:
- Recognition as employees
- Appropriate remuneration
- Equity with interstate counterparts
What Support We Need from You:
- Raise this issue with Oral Health Victoria.
- Support funding allocations to implement this change.
- Meet with ADAVB and affiliated stakeholders to discuss solutions.
