Join Darling Downs Health as a Dental Assistant in Kingaroy and help deliver high-quality oral healthcare that makes a real difference to local communities. Working alongside a supportive dental team, you'll contribute to positive patient experiences, safe clinical care, and improved health outcomes while building your skills in a cooperative and rewarding environment.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Dental Assistant, you'll play an key role in helping patients access safe, high-quality oral healthcare. From supporting clinicians during treatment to ensuring each patient feels informed and comfortable, you'll be part of a team committed to improving health outcomes and delivering care with compassion and professionalism.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

- Supporting dental procedures that enable efficient, high-quality care and positive patient experiences.
- Working closely with clinicians to prepare treatment areas, anticipate needs, and keep patient appointments running smoothly.
- Maintaining exceptional infection prevention, safety, and clinical standards that protect patients, staff, and the wider community.
- Accurately managing patient records, imaging, and clinical information to support effective treatment planning and continuity of care.

Let's talk about you! You're someone who combines technical capability with genuine care for others. You stay calm under pressure, communicate respectfully, and take pride in helping people feel comfortable during their healthcare journey. Whether you're supporting a routine appointment or responding to unexpected challenges, you bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation,



and courage to everything you do. You'll find satisfaction in being part of a team that improves lives through accessible, high-quality oral health services.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

- Certificate III in Dental Assisting.
- Demonstrated dental assisting and infection control experience in a clinical environment.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build trust and support patient wellbeing.
- A collaborative, adaptable approach with a commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience working in regional or public health settings and/or confidence using digital dental imaging systems. Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is passionate about patient care, values teamwork, and wants to make a meaningful difference in their community every day.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor,



nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

- Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
- Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
- Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
- Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
- Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of advantages, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support

📌 Dental Assistant (Toowoomba)
🏢 Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service
📍 Toowoomba