Build a High-Performing Practice. Lead Change. Deliver Results.

Clarinda Clinic has built a strong reputation for exceptional patient care and is entering an exciting new phase of growth.

We are looking for an experienced Practice Manager who wants more than simply running a practice. We're looking for someone who wants to build a business.

This is an opportunity to lead a high-performing team, optimise operations, improve systems, drive accountability and influence the future direction of a growing dental practice.

This isnotan administration role.

This isnota coordinator role.

This is a genuine leadership opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving performance, making decisions and creating lasting results.

If you're energised by challenges, motivated by achieving measurable outcomes and take pride in building high-performing teams, we'd love to meet you.

The Opportunity

Working alongside the practice owners, you will become the operational leader of the business.

You'll have genuine authority to make decisions, improve systems, lead people and influence business performance. Your ideas won't sit in a suggestion box—they'll be implemented.

You'll inherit a business with strong foundations and significant potential. Your role is to identify opportunities, remove inefficiencies, strengthen accountability and help build one of the leading dental practices in the region.

This role is about creating a business that continually improves—not simply maintaining the status quo.

Your Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement
- Drive measurable business performance across all operational areas
- Analyse, redesign and optimise systems, workflows and operational processes
- Identify inefficiencies,



remove bottlenecks and improve productivity
- Establish and monitor KPIs, reporting and performance reviews
- Ensure compliance, quality standards and operational excellence
- Lead recruitment, onboarding and ongoing staff development
- Partner with ownership on strategic planning and business growth initiatives
- Deliver an exceptional patient experience while improving business outcomes

Success in This Role Looks Like

- A highly engaged and accountable team
- Solid operational efficiency and streamlined systems
- Continuous improvement across the practice
- Achievement of key business and performance KPIs
- Improved profitability and sustainable growth
- A positive, high-performance workplace culture

Who You Are

- You naturally take ownership.
- You enjoy solving complex operational challenges and creating practical solutions that deliver results.
- You make decisions based on facts, logic and sound judgement.
- You hold yourself—and others—to high standards and aren't afraid to have honest conversations that improve performance.
- You don't wait for problems to fix themselves.
- You identify them, address them and create systems that prevent them from happening again.
- You measure success by outcomes, not activity.
- You thrive in environments where you're trusted to lead, influence change and continuously improve the business.

You Bring

- Proven leadership or management experience
- Strong commercial and operational thinking




- Exceptional organisational and planning skills
- Confidence leading people and managing accountability
- Experience improving systems, workflows and operational performance
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- High personal standards with excellent attention to detail
- A continuous improvement mindset with the confidence to challenge existing processes constructively
- The ability to balance people leadership with business performance

Highly Regarded

- Experience within the dental or healthcare industry
- KPI development and performance management
- HR, recruitment and workforce planning experience
- Experience leading organisational change
- Business improvement and operational excellence experience
- Financial and operational reporting experience

What We Offer

- $100,000 Base Salary + Performance Incentives
- Genuine leadership autonomy with authority to make decisions
- Direct access to the practice owners
- A modern, well-equipped practice with strong operational foundations
- Professional development and leadership growth opportunities
- A supportive ownership team that values initiative and innovation
- The opportunity to build something exceptional and leave a lasting impact

This Role Is For You If...

- You want more than simply managing a roster or keeping the practice running.
- You want to lead a business.
- You enjoy building high-performing teams, improving systems, solving operational challenges and delivering measurable business results.
- You believe accountability creates great cultures.
- You take pride in raising standards.
- You enjoy creating order, improving efficiency and helping people perform at their best.

Applications close on Monday 20th July 2026 at 6pm.

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📌 Practice Manager / Business Leader (Kingston)
🏢 Clarinda Clinic
📍 Kingston