Part-time

Full-time

Weekend availability

Monday to Friday

We are a modern dental family practice with a great and experienced team providing excellent work environment. We are looking for an experienced Dental Assistant ideally with certificate 3.

1) Monday - Saturday with mid-week off x 1 position

2) Tuesday - Saturday x 1 position

The Dental Assistant is responsible to work closely with the dentist, providing chair side assistance and sterilization duties in the surgery.

Your accountabilities include but are not limited to:

· To adhere to Dental Board of Australia codes and Guidelines

· Proficient within many different aspects of Dental Nursing including clinical technical services such as sterilization duties (including barcode printing) and providing advice on oral care

· Sound clinical dental skills and practice

· Manage own clinical workload effectively (within single theatre, paired and /or multiple areas), ensuring care is prioritised appropriately

· Accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients’ condition, instigate appropriate remedial action and promptly report changes to the pertinent health care professional or surgeon

· Ensure that accurate and legible records and information systems are maintained and that own computer skills to enable electronic data collection are up to date.

· To maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area and implement remedial action as appropriate

· Knowledge of routine dental procedures

· Provide pre and post operative advice to patients

· Able to anticipate what instruments will be required during a procedure

· Provide evidence of applicable immunization status as required as per Dental/Health board regulations

· Follow practice philosophy, policies, and Australian Dental Association’s Infection Control Policy.

· Actively participate in the Australian Dental Association Accreditation Procedure.

· Maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records.

· Establishes and develops effective channels of communication with all disciplines of staff, and patients and be able to give and receive complex and / or sensitive information.

· To lead on monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment relating to specialist field of practice, ensuring constant availability and inform receptionist to ordering of items within budget

· Ability to adapt to different environments

· Flexible and reliable

Must have unrestricted work rights in Australia.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $28.00 – $32.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Altona Meadows, VIC 3028: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)