Dental Assistant

**Job no**: 882917
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Support Services
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Dental Services, Surgical Services**:

- **Classification OPS-2 - $58,709 - $63,154**:

- **Part Time - Term Contract (temporary up to November 2025)**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the **Dental Services** team as a** Dental Assistant, where you will be responsible for**:

- Ensure standards of practice are maintained according to the Division’s standards.
- Demonstrate empathy and understanding towards clients from diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds. Model a positive approach and commitment to customer service.
- Provide effective problem-solving skills to deliver flexible services that meet clients' needs while working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide chair-side dental assistance to dental practitioners. Maintain and promote infection control and contribute to the reprocessing of reusable medical devices (RMD).
- Perform and document routine testing, cleaning, maintenance, and reporting of breakages for dental and RMD reprocessing equipment.
- Re-stock clinical areas, monitor and rotate stock, and prepare stores requisitions while ensuring new stock is received and receipted.
- Enrich the team environment with positive contributions, recognising health, safety, and welfare responsibilities, commitment to learning, and acknowledgment of differences. Voice views and concerns constructively.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- In-depth knowledge of dental terminology, equipment, instruments, materials, procedures, and contemporary infection control and sterilisation practices.
- Understanding of OHSW principles, Equal Opportunity, the Public Sector Act 2009 Code of Ethics, and diversity requirements relevant to the position.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team, build positive relationships, and collaborate effectively with others.
- Proven ability to problem-solve, manage priorities, and organize workload efficiently. Familiarity with confidentiality and information security policies and procedures.

***What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas. Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

***About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

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