Dental Assistant

Queensland Health; Tablelands Regional; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a skilled dental assistant to provide chairside support across a range of procedures. You will assist four-handed dentistry, prepare equipment and materials, and help maintain patient comfort and safety in a busy clinical environment.

Join a supportive Oral Health team delivering high quality public dental care to the community across Far North Queensland, with opportunities for career development and a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Prepare equipment, instruments and materials for dental procedures.
• Provide accurate chairside assistance and four-handed dentistry.
• Monitor patient well-being and manage anxiety.
• Ensure knowledge of safety and WHS regulations in the dental facility.

Responsibilities

• Prepare equipment and materials for procedures.
• Support four-handed dentistry and patient comfort.
• Monitor patient well-being and anxiety levels.
• Assist with patient appointments and record keeping.

Skills

Chairside assistance

Four-handed dentistry

Patient comfort

Anxiety management

Job description

Make the move. Make a difference.

The right move for your career.

Join a dedicated Oral Health team delivering high-quality dental care to the community. In this role, you will provide skilled chairside assistance across a range of dental procedures, support patient comfort and wellbeing, and help maintain safe and efficient clinical environments. This position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with dental professionals while contributing to positive oral health outcomes for patients across Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service deliver a comprehensive range of public dental services across Far North Queensland through the Oral Health Service. The service forms part of Queensland Health's public oral health care system and is committed to improving access to high quality patient centred care. Services are delivered across community-based clinics and health facilities, supporting preventive care, assessment, treatment, and emergency oral health services for both adults and children.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you:

In your new role you will....

• Prepare equipment, instruments and materials utilised in a variety of dental procedures utilising knowledge and understanding of the stages within a dental procedure combined with ability to pre-plan and adapt as treatment proceeds.
• Provide accurate and proficient assistance and adaptation to any operator to provide four-handed dentistry, retraction and evacuation techniques and application of rubber dam. Monitoring of, and assisting operator in, management of patient well-being and anxiety level and an awareness of medical conditions
• Ensure a good knowledge of relevant equipment, instruments, materials, medicaments and procedures including safety procedures, Material Safety Data Sheets and Workplace Health and Safety regulations relating to the dental facility and its surrounds by reading relevant information/instruction sheets.
• Assist with patient appointments and record keeping including reception duties, data collection, computer inputting of data as required.

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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