AddressAn exciting opportunity exists for a Dental Assistant to join the Oral Health Services team in Cairns. This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and be part of a world-class, dynamic, and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About us:
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local Health Services.
About you:
You are a qualified Dental Assistant with demonstrated high-level of skill and knowledge of all aspects of dental assisting, including current infection control, and clinical support for all relevant age groups. You can prioritise and organise workload and, where appropriate, to take initiative and have proven ability to work effectively within a team or autonomously, utilise discretion in decision making and prioritising.
Your opportunity:
To work as part of the dental team and provide a high standard of Dental assistance to Oral Health Patients.
Your role:
- Provide accurate and proficient assistance and adaptation to any operator to provide four-handed dentistry, retraction and evacuation techniques and application of rubber dam. Monitoring of, and assisting operator in, management of patient well-being and anxiety level and an awareness of medical conditions
- Prepare equipment, instruments, and materials utilised in a variety of dental procedures utilising knowledge and understanding of the stages within a dental procedure combined with ability to pre-plan and adapt as treatment proceeds.
- Ensure equipment, instruments, materials, and surgery satisfy infection control standards through utilising standard/universal precautions, decontamination procedures, barrier draping. Utilise protocol for managing blood and body substance spills. Use infection control protocols and relevant Standards and Guidelines for cleaning, sterilising reusable items and for the disposal of surgery waste.
- Maintain adequate levels of materials and instruments within designated clinical areas, by restocking as necessary.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
- Generous superannuation
- Salary packaging
- Annual incremental increases
- Career training and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Why choose Cairns?
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )
