Dental Assistant

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Dental Assistant Grade 1

Location: Blue Mountains Hospital

Remuneration: $65, $70,456.00 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ616111

Applications Close: 11/11/2025

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Our District's Oral Health (Dental) services are provided to eligible patients at the following locations: Nepean Centre for Oral Health, Blue Mountains Hospital Dental Clinic, Hawkesbury Dental Clinic, and the Lithgow Hospital Dental Clinic. The team offers public dental services including diagnosis, restorative and preventative treatments, pain relief and dentures.

We're looking for a motivated Dental Assistant to support our clinicians and students in delivering exceptional care. In this role, you'll assist with clinical procedures, prepare dental materials, and ensure infection control and sterilisation standards are met. You'll help maintain and clean equipment, process radiographs, and accurately record dental charting. Beyond the clinic, you'll play an active role in oral health promotion and education, including participation in our Primary School Mobile Dental Program, bringing vital services to the community.

If you're passionate about oral health and want to be part of a team that values quality care and community impact, apply today and help us create healthier smiles for the future.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full time employees
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.

What you will bring to the role

• Demonstrated recent and adequate experience in chair side dental assisting with or without Certificate III in dental assisting
• Demonstrated ability to perform effective and efficient infection prevention and control procedures in all aspects of Dental Assisting
• Demonstrated proficiency and accuracy in dental charting
• Effective communication written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a large, multidiscipline team environment
• Demonstrated excellent organisational, time-management and problem-solving skills
• Data entry experience and skills

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