Dental Assistant / Coordinating Dental Clinics

Dental Assistant / Dental Clinic Coordinator

You will join our dynamic Oral Health Team scheduling, supporting and coordinating the services Visiting Dental Clinics providing high quality oral health care assistance as well as clerical and administrative duties for the clinics to ensure efficient management of Maari Ma’s Adult Oral Health services.

The Dental Assistant is also responsible for providing oral health care assistance and oral health prevention and promotion strategies of the Healthy Start Program and the broader primary care services (with a focus on chronic disease management) with clinics and oral health prevention programs in communities and schools around the region. You will also provide leadership to a trainee and other Dental Assistant.

Opportunity to show case your skills and make a real difference in the Aboriginal community.

This is a full time position. 

Attractive Salary up to $91,239 gross per annum plus superannuation

APPLICATIONS CLOSE WHEN POSITION IS FILLED

TO DISCUSSthe role please contact Meg Hurst on (08) 8082 9777 or email Megan.Hurst@maarima.com.au    

FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO APPLY ONLINE - please go to the “Working with us” page of our website. www.maarima.com.au/employment

Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits including:

·         Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm

·         5 weeks paid annual leave per year.

·         Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)

·         Public holidays off

·         Paid accrued day off (up to 12 per year)

·         Flexible leave accrual

·         Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus, access to SP Novated Leasing, Meal and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits – full benefits go to the employee.

·         Supported advanced education and training and excellent personal development opportunities.

·         Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply).

·         Annual Enterprise Agreement wage increases.

Please Note: Roles which involve directly providing programs and services to Aboriginal people for the purposes of promoting their welfare are considered to be ‘Aboriginal identified roles.’ This is permitted under Section 14(d) of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. 

All Maari Ma Health employees are required to:

·          have a cleared NSW Working with Children Check. (We will support you to obtain if you do not have one)

·          undertake a National Police Check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily stop you from being employed. We will talk with you about it privately.

Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.