Principal Dental Assistant

6 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Bupa Full time

Are you ready to take the next step in your dental assistant career? Do you have a passion for policies and procedures and supporting clinical teams to deliver high-quality dental services? Do you want to work for a global health and care organisation that values its people and customers?

BUPA Dental is seeking a Principal Dental Assistant to join our team on a part time basis and drive the efficient management and delivery of dental services across our network. You will be responsible for ensuring adherence to BUPA's standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance, as well as offering leadership and support to Dental Assistants and clinical teams. You will also contribute to continuous service improvement, striving to meet accreditation standards and achieve organisational goals.

**As a Principal Dental Assistant, you will**:

- Work with the clinical team and provide high-level guidance, management, leadership, support, and shared responsibility for overseeing strategic planning, implementation, compliance, and supervision of local, state, and national policies, procedures, regulations, and standards that affect the position, including sterilisation and instrument reprocessing, infection control and chairside dental assisting.
- Conduct relevant audit processes including workplace skills assessments, and relevant audits, including infection control. Develop risk assessments and respond accordingly. Ensure that relevant training programs are in place and that Dental Assistants are being trained properly throughout the entire network.
- Provide guidance on equipment, instruments, and materials used in a variety of dental procedures including advanced knowledge and understanding of the stages within a dental procedure.
- Provide expert guidance and knowledge to the Dental Assistant stream regarding the prevention, identification, and management of medical emergencies.
- Provide feedback and expert knowledge for equipment, instruments, materials, and surgery design to meet infection control standards and operational requirements. Ensure all infection control protocols and relevant standards and guidelines are upheld in the service areas.
- Participate in the development of procedures and initiatives, including quality and service improvement activities to continually improve patient care. Work with the team on continuous quality improvement to achieve accreditation standards.

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- Having links with Registered Training organisations is beneficial
- Excellent knowledge of accreditation standards and processes.
- 7+ years experience in a Senior Dental Assistant or Clinical Coordinator role
- Possession of Cert III in dental assisting or equivalent is mandatory.
- Previous experience contributing to system wide policies and processes.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- A strong commitment to customer service and quality care
- A positive and proactive attitude
- A willingness to learn and grow with BUPA

**Why choose Bupa**:
You'll enjoy all the benefits of working with Bupa in Australia, including:

- Flexibility of working from home or the office - the work life balance you crave
- A supportive and collaborative work environment
- Career development and progression opportunities
- Competitive salary + Bupa benefits including significant product and service discounts
- A culture that values diversity and inclusion

Bupa employ more than 80,000 people globally and 22,000 across Australia and New Zealand. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion - they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences.

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