Dental Assistant

• Multiple positions, full-time, part-time, ongoing
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

This position sits within the Oral Health Cluster and ensures the provision of high quality, efficient, effective and safe oral health services to clients by undertaking dental assisting duties consistent with best practice and infection control standards, client-focused care, professionalism and an emphasis on teamwork with the entire dental team.

The successful candidate will be required to travel across the Footscray, Niddrie and Kensington clinics as needed.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Work collaboratively with senior members of the Dental Assistant workforce, clinicians and other members for the Oral Health team
• High-level consideration of patient needs in all clinical decisions
• Assist in the provision or oral health education and promotion
• Provide efficient clinical chair-side assistance including charting of dental examinations

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging options to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation). Salary packaging reduces your cohealth taxable income, meaning you pay less tax on your cohealth income
• A generous rewards program from our salary packaging provider
• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks of paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Certificate III in Dental Assisting
• High level of clinical competence, including chair side assisting and infection control, consistent with best practice
• Sound knowledge of public dental program and understanding of public oral health philosophy, detailed understanding of Infection Control
• Current Victorian Driver's License

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B].

Application Process

To apply for this job click on apply now and you will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter.
We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.
Applications close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.
If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Michelle Domingo on Michelle.Domingo@cohealth.org.au

To apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6756020. Applications close 12 May 2025.