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Form of workDental Assistant
- Opportunity at Box Hill & Eltham sites
- Competitive salary including salary packaging
- Permanent full time role
Who are we?
healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.
Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.
Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual’s needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Why work with us?
Although our clients are at the heart of what we do and we strive to positively impact our communities and those who need it most, the wellbeing of our employees is just as important.
When joining healthAbility’s supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.
healthAbility is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Dental Assistant to join our supportive and professional multidisciplinary teams in a part time or full time capacity.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Preparing the treatment room
- Chair side assisting
- Infection control including sterilising instruments
- Assisting with patient records
- General administrative tasks
- Active participation in working within the team
Skills & Experience
- You must possess a certificate III and/or IV Dental Assistant Certificate of Accreditation or equivalent.
- Awareness of and willingness to respond to the needs of clients from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate with a variety of people
If you want to work with great people - we'd love to hear from you.
To view the position description, please go to https://healthability.org.au/join-us/careers - Any enquiries can be made to the following Lead Clinical Dental Assistants.
Eltham: Amber Freebairn at ***************@healthability.org.au
Box Hill: Melinda Nash at ************@healthability.org.au
Please apply here by submitting a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria with your CV. Thank you for your time and interest and please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly. No agencies please.
Employment with healthAbility is conditional upon being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or medically exempt and providing satisfactory evidence of the same.
See the video to hear from our employees why this opportunity is much more than a job and how healthAbility offers careers with meaning.
