Dental Assistant

We are a modern dental family practice with a great and experienced team providing excellent work environment. We are looking for **experienced Dental Assistants x 2 **ideally with certificate 3. Mon - Sat Full-Time/Part-time.

The Dental Assistant is responsible to work closely with the dentist, providing chair side assistance and sterilization duties in the surgery.

Your accountabilities include but are not limited to:

- To adhere to Dental Board of Australia codes and Guidelines
- Proficient within many different aspects of Dental Nursing including clinical technical services such as sterilization duties (including barcode printing) and providing advice on oral care
- Sound clinical dental skills and practice
- Manage own clinical workload effectively (within single theatre, paired and /or multiple areas), ensuring care is prioritised appropriately
- Accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients’ condition, instigate appropriate remedial action and promptly report changes to the pertinent health care professional or surgeon
- Ensure that accurate and legible records and information systems are maintained and that own computer skills to enable electronic data collection are up to date.
- To maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area and implement remedial action as appropriate
- Knowledge of routine dental procedures
- Provide pre and post operative advice to patients
- Able to anticipate what instruments will be required during a procedure
- Provide evidence of applicable immunization status as required as per Dental/Health board regulations
- Follow practice philosophy, policies, and Australian Dental Association’s Infection Control Policy.
- Actively participate in the Australian Dental Association Accreditation Procedure.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records.
- Establishes and develops effective channels of communication with all disciplines of staff, and patients and be able to give and receive complex and / or sensitive information.
- To lead on monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment relating to specialist field of practice, ensuring constant availability and inform receptionist to ordering of items within budget
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to adapt to different environments
- Flexible and reliable

Must have unrestricted work rights in Australia.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: From $26.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Weekend availability