Experience everything Cairns has to offer while working as Dental Assistant with Oral Health Services, Allied Health Services. You will work as part of the dental team and provide a high standard of Dental assistance to Oral Health Patients.

Job details

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.

About 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.

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

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH636938 Role Description (PDF, 249KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants