Description:
- Full time Monday to Friday
- Contribute to positive health outcomes for Defence Force staff
- Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program
About Us
ADF Health Services provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia. As part of this contract, Serco, in partnership with Bupa, provide defence-ready clinical and support staff across 50+ on-base locations nationally, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care. To learn more please visit www.serco.com/ahsc
About The Role
As the Dental Assistant, you will be responsible for providing chair-side assistance to the Dentist/Dental Specialist/Hygienist in the delivery of dental services to patients.
In this role you will:
- Assist with administrative tasks such as entering and updating patient records, and support with other duties as required by the Dentist
- Promote oral health to patients and maintain optimal hygiene of the surgery
- Support the dental team with a range of activities, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and procedures
- Contribute to the cleanliness and effectiveness of the dental surgery environment
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support delivery of the highest standard of care to patients
Location: Enoggera
Enoggera Health Centre is located on Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane, and provides support to Gallipoli, Victoria, Bulimba, and Damascus Barracks. Established in 1908, this modern military base currently spans 600 hectares. The Health Centre provides primary medical, surgical outpatient, physiotherapy, dental, mental health, and pharmaceutical services. This facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
About You
As the ideal applicant, you will have:
- A minimum of 2 years (full time equivalent) experience within the last 5 years
- Recent participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities
- A current First Aid (HLTAID011) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HLTAID009) certification
- A Certificate III in Dental Assisting or a nationally recognised equivalent qualification
- The ability to work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality care to patients within a dental surgery
- The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour
Rewards & Benefits
- Be part of an amazing culture, based on the values of trust, care, innovation and pride
- Gain access to Global Employee Networks that embrace diversity and inclusion
- ‘Start with a job and stay for a career’ with extensive employment and growth opportunities across Serco’s many contracts
- Meaningful work supporting defence personnel
- Medical Terminology training (BSBMED301 – Interpret and apply medical terminology) provided at no cost to you
- Referral Programs
- Paid annual and personal leave
- Paid CPD leave for permanent employees
- Paid volunteer leave and leave for reservists
- Provision of uniform
- A variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits Program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more!
- Plus, ongoing 24/7 immediate mental health and counselling support via our Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Join a dedicated team of collaborative and supportive health professionals
Serco Referral Program
Refer a friend or colleague and be rewarded! Refer a Healthcare Professional to join Serco’s Australian Defence Force Health Services Team and receive a $500 Prezzee Voucher, if they are successful!
Please email their resume and details to: AHSCCareers@serco-ap.com and we’ll take care of the rest.
Why Join Us?
If you are inspired to make a positive difference and would like to be considered for this opportunity, submit your application by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.
Please note your resume must include - start and finish dates for each role, along with employment type (e.g., casual, part-time, full-time) and hours worked per week. You must be an Australian Citizen to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.
For a confidential chat, reach out to Sarah on 0466 748 384 or sarah.bonzer@serco-ap.com
If you would like to learn more about these and other opportunities available, please visit www.serco.com/aspac/careers to find out more.
Serco And Proud
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone also has an important role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.
We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management and citizen services.
Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.
Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day. We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.