Senior Dental Assistant

Live North West QLD; Mount Isa City; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrificing options

4 weeks recreational leave with 17.5%%

Professional development and mentoring

Job summary

Based in Mount Isa, North West Hospital and Health Service seeks a Senior Dental Assistant to lead the Dental Assistant workforce, coordinate outreach services and deliver high-quality patient-centred care across North West Queensland.

You will mentor staff, manage rostering and recruitment, and perform advanced chairside support including radiography and outreach program participation in a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Mandatory Certificate III in Dental Assisting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Dental Assistant workforce through mentoring, workforce coordination, rostering, recruitment and professional development.
• Coordinate key operational functions including outreach planning, travel arrangements, procurement, inventory management and locum administration.
• Provide advanced clinical dental assisting services, including chairside support, radiography, patient care coordination and participation in outreach programs.

Education

Certificate III in Dental Assisting

Job description

Shape Smiles. Support Communities.!

Looking for more than just your next job? Join North West Hospital and Health Service as a Senior Dental Assistant and play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality oral health services across North West Queensland. Combine hands-on clinical practice with workforce leadership, operational coordination, and community impact while working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Job details

• Position status: Permanent
• Position type: Full-time
• Occupational group: Dentistry
• Classification: CA4
• Workplace Location: North West Qld
• Job ad reference: QLD/MI694479
• Closing date: 30-Oct-2026
• Job duration: Permanent, Full-time
• Contact person: Natasha Maher
• Contact details: 0427 775 270 Access the National Relay Service

About the role

Based in Mount Isa, you'll help deliver safe, high-quality and patient-centred care to communities across the North West, both in clinic settings and through outreach services to regional and remote locations.

• Lead and support the Dental Assistant workforce through mentoring, workforce coordination, rostering, recruitment and professional development.
• Coordinate key operational functions including outreach planning, travel arrangements, procurement, inventory management and locum administration.
• Provide advanced clinical dental assisting services, including chairside support, radiography, patient care coordination and participation in outreach programs.

Working with us

• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
• In your downtime, we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
• Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

Requirements

• Possession of a Certificate III in Dental Assisting from a registered training organisation (RTO) or other recognised tertiary institution is mandatory for this role.
• Potential applicants are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 require Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check; from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian prior to appointment to this position.
• This role is defined as an Aged Care Worker (risk-assessed role) with regular / ongoing direct contact with older persons and/or significant influence over aged care service delivery under the Aged Care Act 2024. It is therefore a requirement of this role that the person is assessed for and meets suitability to fulfil a risk-assessed role and have a current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or a current National Police Certificate (not older than 3 years). Queensland Health will facilitate applicants who do not hold a current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance to obtain a National Police Certificate.
• Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
• This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
• A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

• Unique locations
• Friendly communities
• Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

Contact: Natasha Maher on [phone].

Applications close: Friday, 30 October 2026.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community. We are an equal opportunity employer.