North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) is committed to making healthcare more accessible and culturally relevant. With the recent addition of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room, NRCH works with community members to support social justice principles which afford all people the right to dignity, respect, and the highest quality of care.

NRCH provides a range of medical, allied health, dental and community services to clients from all backgrounds.

The Dental Assistant position (part-time or full-time, 0.6 – 1.0 EFT) will contribute to the achievements of the organisation’s aims and objectives by assisting dental operators to perform their duties to the highest standard and thereby enable effective and efficient delivery of dental services to the community.

The position requires the understanding and application of the social model of health, drawing on health promotion and community development principles and practice to ensure an inclusive and culturally appropriate client centred workplace and health promoting model of care. The delivery of care may occur across sites and in outreach, place-based care.

Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide high quality clinical assistance to oral health professionals
• Contribute to Health Promoting Practice model
• Undertake Reception duties, intake and administrative duties to support the efficient operations of the clinic

Key Selection Criteria

Essential qualifications, attributes and skills include, but are not limited to:

• Dental Assistant Certificate lll level.
• Commitment to working towards a certificate IV level.
• Organised and attention to detail
• Able to work cooperatively in a team environment
• Establish work priorities and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Professional personal presentation and behaviour, particularly with clients
• Responsive and sensitive to cultural needs of clients
• Able to undertake administrative tasks

Please note it is a requirement for all employees of North Richmond Community Health to demonstrate evidence of mandatory immunisations/vaccinations prior to commencement of employment, based on the Immunisation Category their position falls under.

All offers of employment are subject to provision of a satisfactory National Criminal History Check and a valid Working With Children Check.

A full Position Description is attached below.