Dental Assistant

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern; Auckland; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Southern in Auckland is seeking a Dental Assistant to join the S2 team serving Manurewa. Prior dental experience is essential, with a passion for children's oral health and serving the community.

You will support dental/oral health therapists and provide admin tasks, working in a collaborative, patient-centred environment across our clinics and outreach vans and schools. Join a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to improving health outcomes and learning

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a dental assistant or dental background is essential.
• Demonstrates passion for health and children.
• Committed to community impact and learning.
• Works well in a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Support dental therapists to provide efficient, customer-focused care to clients and whanau.
• Provide administrative support as required.

Skills

Dental experience

Child health focus

Team collaboration

Community impact

Job description

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Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern – Auckland, North Island

If you are self-motivated and enthusiastic about Childrens Oral Health here is an extraordinary opportunity to become part of New Zealand's largest dental service as a Dental Assistant.

Auckland Regional Dental Service (ARDS) is a community dental service run by Waitemata District. We provide free dental care to children aged 0-17 years who live in North, West, East, Central and South Auckland. We have many clinics located in schools and in the community and also provide care in our diagnostic vans and transportable dental units.You can look forward to the chance to progress within our forward thinking organisation.

We are looking for a Dental Assistant to join our service in the S2 team which covers theManurewa area.

About the role

Prior experience as a dental assistant or a dental background is essential. We ask that you have a passion for:

• Working in health and working with children
• Making a difference in your community
• Working in a high functioning team with motivated individuals
• Learning new skills and challenging yourself

The purpose of the Dental Assistant role is to:

• Support and assist dental/oral health therapists to provide an efficient customer focused service to clients and whanau
• Provide administrative support as required

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities