Dental Assistant Receptionist

Coastal Dental Care Runaway Bay is co-owned and led by our principal dentist Dr Will Dear right in Runaway Bay Centre. Were part of a dentist-owned network of 18 practices across the Gold Coast but each practice runs like your local: close relationships with patients and a team that actually knows each other.

This is mostly a Dental Assistant role chairside most days at our Runaway Bay practice with one day a week on the front desk covering reception. Its a casual position so your roster will flex week to week to suit the practice with a genuine opportunity to move into full-time hours right from the start. Youll work closely with Dr Will Dear the Practice Manager and the wider practice team to keep things running smoothly for our patients.

• Setting up and closing treatment rooms and keeping the surgery and sterilisation area neat and compliant
• Assisting our dentists chairside: passing instruments preparing materials and processing digital X-rays
• Sterilising and reprocessing instruments and keeping infection control records up to date
• One day a week stepping into reception: greeting patients managing the appointment book in D4W answering phones and taking payments
• Helping manage stock levels and general practice admin

• Experience in the healthcare sector in a similar role
• A professional well-presented approach
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to juggle a few things at once
• Great communication and customer service in person and on the phone
• Willingness to keep infection control and first aid qualifications current

• Certificate III or IV in Dental Assisting or willing to obtain
• Previous dental assisting or reception experience
• Familiarity with Dental for Windows (D4W)
• Why join us
• Above-award pay full-time hours from day one and a flexible roster that works around you
• Employment Hero perks platform: cashback gift cards novated leasing and more
• Dental discounts for you and your family
• Confidential support through our EAP program whenever you need it
• Employee referral program
• A close-knit local team backed by our wider Gold Coast network

Click Apply to send us your application. If youd like to chat first email and mention the Runaway Bay All-rounder role.