Dental Assistant

1 week ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia ACT Government Full time

Dental Assistant

Full-time Permanent:

Closes: 28 March 2023:

Classification:
Dental Assistant Level 2

Salary:
$60 - $70 plus superannuation

Position No: 14393, Several - 029BU

Directorate:
Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 March 2023

Our Vision:
creating exceptional health care together

Our Role:
to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values:
Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

POSITION OVERVIEW


Oral Health Services (OHS) within the Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) provides adult, child and youth general dental, restorative, special needs, General Anaesthetic (GA), Relative Analgesia (RA), and specialist Surgical and Orthodontic services to the eligible members of the ACT community.

The service currently operates from five Community Health Centres and three hospitals across the ACT region, as well as operating within ACT corrective services and from mobile dental clinics as below:

  • Gungahlin Community Health Centre
  • Six dental chairs
  • Belconnen Community Health Centre
  • Eleven dental chairs
  • City Community Health Centre
  • Ten dental chairs
  • Phillip Community Health Centre
  • Ten dental chairs
; and

  • Tuggeranong Community Health Centre
  • Five chairs.
  • Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC)
  • The Canberra Hospital
  • Calvary Public Hospital
  • Calvary John James Hospital
  • Mobile Dental Clinics
  • Nursing home mobile dental clinic
  • School mobile dental clinic
  • Targeted Access Program mobile dental clinic


OHS is a multidisciplinary program and consists of dentists, visiting oral surgeons, oral health therapists, dental therapists, prosthetists, orthodontists, dental assistants, laboratory technicians and administrative staff.

OHS offers a range of dental services to the eligible members of the community for adult & child and youth dental services, this includes denture services and emergency dental.


The services are available Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:00pm at the above listed facilities and Community Health Centres.


ABOUT YOU

Behavioural Capabilities

  • Compassion
  • Be proactive, enthusiastic and a strong communicator
  • Reliability
  • High level of customer service

Position Requirements/Qualifications:

Mandatory

  • Be registered under the working for Vulnerable People Act
  • Drivers licence and ability to work across multiple CHS Community Health Centres.
  • CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.***
    Desirable
  • Certificate III in Dental assisting or Certificate IV in Dental assisting
Or

  • Twoplus years of equivalent dental assisting experience and either enrolled in or committed to complete Certificate III in Dental assisting or Certificate IV in Dental assisting from a registered training organisation.
  • Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
  • Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
  • Undergo a preemployment National Police Check.
  • Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the _Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011_ is required.
  • Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
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