Dental Assistant - Experience Required

Serenity Dental; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Serenity Dental CQ in Rockhampton is seeking a Dental Assistant for casual or part-time work with leave-cover options. You’ll join a high‑performing, supportive team and receive comprehensive training.

You’ll assist chairside across a range of procedures, manage sterilisation and instrument processing to exacting standards, and uphold infection-control protocols. Reliability, clear communication and a proactive, coachable attitude are essential as you grow with us.

Qualifications

• Reliability, professionalism and initiative required.
• Clear communication and strong patient relations expected.
• Tech‑savvy and able to learn clinic systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist chairside for a wide range of procedures.
• Sterilisation and instrument processing to exacting standards.

Skills

Reliability

Professionalism

Initiative

Clear communicator

Tech-savvy

Team player

Job description

Dental Assistant (Casual / Part-Time with leave-cover options available) — Rockhampton

Immediate start available | Training provided | High-performing, fun team

Serenity Dental CQ is growing (again!) and we’re looking for 1-2 Dental Assistants to join our Rockhampton clinic. Whether you’re experienced or brand new to dental, if you bring the right attitude and work ethic, we’ll teach you the rest.

Start by watching our team video to get a feel for our clinic, our culture, and why so many of our team have stayed with us for 5+ years. From Keppel Island Christmas getaways to dress-up theme days, community events, and giving back locally, we take pride in being more than just a workplace.

What you’ll do

Assist chairside for a wide range of procedures

Sterilisation & instrument processing to exacting standards

What we expect

We’re a hard-working, high-standards team that looks after each other and our patients. We’ll invest in your training — in return we expect reliability, professionalism and initiative.

You:

Are reliable, well-presented, and a clear communicator

Have a friendly, caring nature and a strong moral compass

Are tech-confident

Love being part of a team, but can work independently when needed

Are motivated, coachable, and keen to learn every day

Nice to have (not essential):

Prior dental or healthcare experience.

Shifts start from 7:45am

Late nights Mon, Tues & Wed till 7:30pm (Shared by all staff rotating)

Casual or Part Time

Saturdays and occasional Sunday required

Our promise to you

A genuinely supportive, social workplace that celebrates wins

Structured training and mentoring (we’re happy to teach skills)

Exposure to a modern clinic with high clinical and infection-control standards