Role title: Dental Assistant – Special Needs Outreach Program
Role type: Permanent Part-Time 8hrs/week
Working Days: Either Monday or Friday, with Monday being the most likely working day.
Role grade: Dental Assistant Grade 1, (Year 1-4)
Department and location: Dental Department St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney
Salary: $71,****** - $76,****** per annum (pro-rata)+super +salary packaging
Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat.
As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community.
Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.
Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.
Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.
About the role
Provide hands-on chairside assistance to dentists and oral health therapists, supporting the delivery of quality oral health care across clinic and outreach settings.
Prepare and sterilise instruments, equipment and clinical areas, maintaining the highest standards of infection prevention and control.
Support community outreach clinics by coordinating equipment, supplies and resources to ensure smooth and productive service delivery.
Help deliver compassionate, patient-centred care to people with complex medical, physical, cognitive and psychosocial needs, including patients accessing the Special Needs Dental Service.
Coordinate reception, patient administration, appointments,



records and stock management while working closely with clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient access and service delivery.
About you
Hold a Certificate III or IV in Dental Assisting (or equivalent), with knowledge of dental instruments, materials and equipment.
Demonstrate an understanding of infection prevention and control protocols, sterilisation procedures and workplace health and safety requirements.
Bring strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with patients and colleagues.
Take pride in maintaining a clean, safe and organised clinical environment, ensuring equipment and treatment areas are always ready for patient care.
Show a genuine commitment to personal and professional development, with a willingness to learn and contribute to a high-quality, patient-centred dental service.
What we can offer you
Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements
World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport,



discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.
Reconciliation Action Plan
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees.
As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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St Vincent's Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in ****.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent's is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD.
Our founder, Mary Aikenhead's vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do.
From modest beginnings, St Vincent's Health Australia is today the nation's largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities.
The St Vincent's family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.
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📌 Dental Assistant - Special Needs Program (Sydney)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 Sydney