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What this job is
A dental assistant supports the dentist during examinations and procedures. This includes preparing treatment rooms, passing instruments, managing suction, and helping patients feel at ease in the chair. Dental assistants also handle infection control, stock management, and basic administrative tasks such as booking appointments and updating patient records. The work sits at the intersection of clinical support and customer service.
Pay
A$1,211 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Accept own accountabilitycore
- Adapt to emergency care environmentcore
- Apply context specific clinical competencescore
- Communicate in healthcarecore
- Comply with legislation related to health carecore
- Comply with quality standards related to healthcare practicecore
- Deal with patients' anxietycore
- Ensure safety of healthcare userscore
- Manage infection control in the facilitycore
- Use technical equipment for sterilisationcore
- Work in multidisciplinary health teamscore
- Adhere to organisational guidelines
- Apply organisational techniques
- Deal with emergency care situations
- Empathise with the healthcare user
- Follow clinical guidelines
- Human anatomy
- Hygiene in a health care setting
- Interact with healthcare users
- Monitor basic patients signs