Dental Assistant Level 2

4 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia ACT Government Health Full time

**Dental Assistant Level 2**
**(**
**Job Number**:
**029BU**
**)**

**Description**

**Directorate**
- Canberra Health Services**Branch**
- Rehabilitation, Aged & Community Services**Section**
- Oral health Services**Position Number**
- 14393, Several**Position Title**
- Dental Assistant**Classification**
- Dental Assistant Level 1/2**Vacancy Type**
- Permanent Full-time**Vacancy Length**
- Permanent**Location
- The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT**Base Annual Salary**
- $60,626 - $70,887**Contact Officer**Closing Date**
- 28 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.

**DUTIES**:
Under limited direction of the Business Support Officer and operational leadership from the Site Leader, you will provide dental assisting duties. You will:

- Provide dental assisting duties within Oral Health Services
- Work across multiple site locations within CHS to ensure the high provision of quality customer service and timely access to service for our clients.
- Provide support to clinicians that include but not limited to Charting, sterilising/bar code scanning, processing of x-rays.
- Participate in continuing professional development and performance appraisal.
- Participate in organisational meetings, education sessions and quality improvement activities.
- Liaise with parents/carers/guardians and other service providers as required.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**ABOUT YOU**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Compassion
- High level of customer service
- Be proactive, enthusiastic and a strong communicator
- Reliability

**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

Two-plus 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 pre-employment 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.

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