Dental Assistant

About Coastal Dental Care

Coastal Dental Care Runaway Bay is co-owned by our principal dentist and sits right in Runaway Bay Centre. We’re part of a dentist-owned network of 18 practices across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW, but each practice runs like your local: patients we know by name and a team that actually knows each other.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Dental Assistant to join us full-time, working chairside with our senior dentists. You’ll be their right hand through the day, which means learning how they like to work, staying a step ahead in the surgery and helping patients feel settled in the chair.

The roster is Monday to Thursday, 7.30am to 5.30pm, with a 30-minute lunch break each day. That’s 38 hours across four days, so your Fridays are free.

What you’ll be doing

• Assisting your dentist chairside: passing instruments, preparing materials and processing digital X-rays
• Setting up and closing treatment rooms, and keeping the surgery and sterilisation area neat and compliant
• Sterilising and reprocessing instruments, and keeping infection control records up to date
• Looking after patients from the moment they sit down until they head back to reception
• Helping manage stock levels and general practice admin

What we’re looking for

Essential

• 2+ years’ experience as a Dental Assistant, including chairside support
• Strong knowledge of infection control and sterilisation processes
• Availability for the full Monday to Thursday roster, including 7.30am starts
• A calm, caring and patient-focused approach
• Strong attention to detail and reliability
• Willingness to keep infection control and first aid qualifications current

Preferred

• Certificate III or IV in Dental Assisting
• Familiarity with Dental for Windows (D4W) or similar software

Why join us?

• A four-day week on full-time hours, with every Friday free
• Above-award pay
• 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
• A close-knit local team backed by our wider network

How to apply

Click “Apply” to send us your application. If you’d like to chat first, email talent@coastaldentalcare.com.au and mention the Runaway Bay full-time Dental Assistant role.