Dental Assistant

Location: Western Region | Ballarat

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Grampians Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 17950

**Qualified Dental Assistant**
**Award rates**

**Hours: 76 per fortnight**

**About Grampians Health**

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services, and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

**About the role**

The successful applicant will join our dynamic dental team in the provision of high-quality dental services to the local community. This position will be based in our new state of the art clinic in Sebastopol, but the successful applicant may be required to work from time to time at one of our other clinics. You will be joining an experienced and dedicated public dental team and have the support of many experienced staff members.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Preparing fillings and other materials
- Providing support and reassurance to patient
- Sterilising instruments and tracking
- Following Infection Control Guidelines
- Tidying and cleaning the dental surgery
- Supporting the dental team

**Skills and experience**
- Possess a formally recognized tertiary qualifications in Dental Assisting e.g. Certificate III in Dental Assisting
- Demonstrate knowledge of dental assisting and infection control
- Access to reliable transport
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
- Demonstrate a commitment to continuing personal and professional development.
- Demonstrate a high level of initiative.
- Ability to maintain high standards of work, with a focus on quality.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
- Possess sound time management and organisational skills.
- Demonstrated flexibility in work locations and hours of duty.
- Capacity to work in a range of clinical environments.
- Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical competence and broad relevant experience in all aspects of dentistry delivered through public, private and specialist providers.
- Demonstrate a high level of patient management and liaison skills.

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefit**

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**Ballarat Region**

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

**How to apply**

Click **APPLY** or contact Jodie Robinson Clinical Manger - Dental Services, on 03 5320 4225 for a confidential discussion.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
- Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people._