Dental Assistant

Part time onsite Monday and Wednesday
- Contribute to positive health outcomes for Defence Force staff
- Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program

**Dental Assistant**

**Serco is a place where you can grow**
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

- Paid CPD leave for permanent employees
- Paid volunteer leave and leave for Reservists
- The provision of uniforms
- Free Car Parking
- A variety of lifestyle discounts through our Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more
- Access to Sonder, our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, including immediate mental health and counselling support as well as access to specialist support lines and wellbeing programs for you and your immediate family

Please note:

- Refer a friend or colleague who is a Healthcare Professional to join Serco’s Australian Defence Force Health Services team and receive a Prezzee Voucher if they are successful Conditions apply.

**Make an impact at Serco**
In this Part time Dental Assistant role, you will work Monday and Wednesday 0730 to 1530 providing direct patient care.

As a Dental Assistant, you’ll make a positive impact by:

- You will be responsible for providing chair-side assistance to a Dentist/Dental Specialist/Hygienist
- You will assist with administrative tasks such as entering/updating patient records, as well as other duties as required
- You will assisting in the promotion of oral health to patients
- You will ensure compliance with all relevant standards and procedures, including accordance with Defence Policies & Procedures.
- You will contribute to the cleanliness and effectiveness of a dental surgery environment and maintaining optimal hygiene of the surgery

**About ADF Health Services**
In partnership with Bupa, our ADF Health Services team provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia.

This includes providing defence-ready clinical and support staff across 45+ on-base locations, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care.

**About Oakey**
Oakey Health Centre is located at the Army Aviation Centre (AAC) 3km outside Oakey. It is the training area for Australian Army Aviation and is home to the 126 Squadron (Cougar helicopters) of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. With approximately 500 members, the health centre provides primary medical, aviation medical, dental, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmaceutical and mental health services. It is also an emergency response to AAC. Health centre staff may be required to work across Cabarlah & Oakey. The standard operating hours of the centre are generally 0700-1630 Monday - Friday (depending on role requirements will determine shift lengths).

**Serco is a place for you**
You will be responsible for providing chair-side assistance to the Dentist/Dental Specialist/Hygienist in the delivery of dental services to patients. You will also assist with administrative tasks such as entering/updating patient records as well as other duties as required by the Dentist including promotion of oral health to patients and maintaining optimal hygiene of the surgery.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

- Certificate III in Dental Assisting or nationally recognised equivalent qualification.
- Demonstrated compliance with relevant standards and procedures
- Minimum of 2 years’ (full time equivalent) chair-side experience within the last 5 years.
- Recent participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities.
- Current First Aid (HLTAID011) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HLTAID009) certification

Please note:

- You must be an Australian Citizen to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.
- You don’t need to be enlisted in the Defence Force to work as a civilian on-base and your job stays here, even if the Defence personnel you care for are deployed.

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span across the areas of justice, immigration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.

**Are you ready to do important work that really matters?**
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, defence, maritime, justice, immigration, and community services.

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