Seeking a casual role where your dental skills can support healthier smiles across the region? Join our Oral Health team and help deliver free dental care to eligible adults and children through community clinics, schools and mobile dental vans.

You’ll be hands-on with dental procedures, patient care, infection control, equipment and clinical support, while helping patients feel comfortable and supported throughout their care. Your ability to stay organised, think on your feet and work confidently with patients and the wider team will help keep our services running smoothly.

If you’re looking for variety, flexibility and the chance to support people across the community, we’d love to hear from you.

Job details

About us:

We provide a range of free dental services to eligible people living in Central Queensland. We provide services for adults in community dental clinics and children in mobile dental vans or school clinics.

About the role:

• Assist the dentist with a range of procedures, including four-handed dentistry, retraction, evacuation, rubber dam application, radiography and dental charting.
• Monitor patient wellbeing and anxiety, consider medical conditions and assist with the prevention, identification and management of medical emergencies.
• Ensure dental equipment, instruments and clinical areas are safely cleaned, disinfected, sterilised and maintained in line with relevant standards.
• Prepare equipment and materials, manage stock and consumables, maintain equipment, identify minor faults and provide administrative support.

About you:

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills across dental procedures, clinical support and infection control for patients of all ages.
• Can effectively prioritise competing demands, manage workload and use initiative to keep clinical services running smoothly.
• Can quickly learn and confidently use the Information System for Oral Health (ISOH) to manage patient information and appointments.
• Builds positive relationships with patients and staff, handles sensitive information appropriately and can manage challenging or confidential situations.
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team, exercises sound judgement and actively identifies opportunities to improve services and processes.

What we offer:

• An hourly rate between $39.47 - $42.89 p.h. (Including 25% casual loading)
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution

Additional Benefits:

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) GL6H689693

Applications close: Thursday, 20 August 2026

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Further information

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Documents

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• GL6H689693 - Dental Assistant (Casual) (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF)