Dental Clinical Coordinator

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Avenue Dental Kawana has been proudly serving the local community for over 7 years with exceptional dental care whilst providing an environment of job security and satisfaction for our team.  We have enjoyed continual growth over the years which has led us to introducing a senior clinical coordinator role to ensure our patient care and team relationships remain a strong foundation for future success.  

This exciting supervisory role will involve managing day to day operations back of house; leading a team of six dental assistants, four dentists and two hygienists, whilst maintaining responsibility for the following duties;

• Lead the clinical staff in a manner that promotes teamwork, open communication, cooperation, respect and understanding.
• Adhere to and enforce all practice protocols and systems to ensure smooth running of back of house  
• Work closely with the practice manager, front office manager and patient relations manager to ensure overall practice cohesiveness, delivering the highest level of patient quality care, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Responsible for maintaining the sterilization and lab room throughout the day.
• Perform chair side duties as a dental assistant as needed.
• Assist front desk as needed by answering phones, checking patients in/out and scanning documents.
• Assist in training new staff members and offer weekly one on one meetings to review training checklists and competency.  Report these findings to the practice manager at your weekly meeting.
• Structure educational training plans for self and support staff to maintain the highest level of expertise in clinical functions.
• Works towards creating a culture within the team that promotes a high level of job satisfaction, respect throughout and strong bonds between team members.

Position Details:

• Full time hours spread over four days per week. Monday – Thursday, 7:30am – 5:30pm (1hour lunch).  Tuesdays hours are 8am – 7:15pm (1hour lunch + 1 hour staff meeting)
• There will be a 3 month probationary period on a casual basis to give the owner and the chosen candidate an opportunity to perform the role.
• Hourly rate will be negotiated based on experience under the Health Professional and Support Service Award 2010, 2018/2019.

The ideal candidate should have;

• The ability to communicate clear expectations and directions towards the team to achieve set outcomes.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills to ensure tasks are completed on time, to the highest standard.
• Continually work towards building a workplace that is efficient, productive and led by systems that are easy to train and follow.
• A professional appearance and behaviour to lead by example
• The personality to work well within a team with a fair and professional approach the team can expect to see daily.
• An innate mission to create a culture amongst the team that cares and values each other and who continually wants to go above and beyond to better patient care and the overall business.
• Loyalty and an unwavering work ethic, dedicated to improving the business.
• The skills and experience to work independently, be self-motivated and show initiative daily
• Desire to develop clinical and communication skills for self and team.
• Passionate about the growth of the practice.
• The ability to work well under time pressure without becoming overwhelmed or stressed with the level of responsibilities and expectations of the role.

Please visit our website www.avenuedental.com.au and Facebook page to get a feel for our team and expected work environment.  

If you believe you have strong management and leadership skills and are looking for long term employment with a team that is always striving to improve and grow then please forward your resume to [email protected]

Due to the high interest in this position not all applicants will receive correspondence.

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