Dental Chairside & Lab Assistant (Part-Time)

Freedom Recruitment Agency; North Sydney Council; On-site; AUD 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee dentistry benefits

Family discounts

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

A Dental Chairside Assistant is needed to support the Principal Practitioner in a role that blends patient care with laboratory tasks. This permanent part-time position is 2 days per week (Wednesday and Thursday) with consistent hours and the opportunity to learn fabrication of simple appliances after training.

You will join a busy practice in North Sydney, bring calm, methodical patient care, manage treatment room setup, assist during procedures, and support lab work, stock control and

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months of dental assisting experience.
• Strong time management and workflow organisation.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, ensuring smooth patient interactions.
• Attentive and proactive listening with a keen eye for detail.
• Ownership of tasks and ability to work autonomously.
• Driven and passionate to support patients at the highest level.

Responsibilities

• Greet and seat patients with professionalism and warmth.
• Set up and clean treatment rooms, maintaining high aseptic protocol.
• Assist chairside with procedures and ensure efficient workflow.
• Follow up on complex treatments with patient care calls and TLC tasks.
• Sterilise instruments and maintain sterilisation logs.
• Capture intra-oral photographs and upload them to software.
• Book and manage patient appointments.
• Fabricate simple appliances; (e.g. retainers and whitening trays) after appropriate training.
• Monitor stock levels and ensure timely restocking.

Skills

Dental assistant experience

Time management

Detail-oriented

Autonomous

Education

Certificate III in Dental Assisting

Tools

Dental software

Microsoft Office

SLR camera

Job description

A Dental Chairside Assistant is needed to support the Principal Practitioner in a role that blends patient care with laboratory tasks. This permanent part-time position is 2 days per week (Wednesday and Thursday) with consistent hours and the opportunity to learn fabrication of simple appliances after training.

You will join a busy practice in North Sydney, bring calm, methodical patient care, manage treatment room setup, assist during procedures, and support lab work, stock control and